PRINCESS DEAD
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright)
LONDON, August 27.
Princess Marina, aunt of the Queen, died, here today of a brain tumor, at the age of 61.
The Greek-born Princess’s two sons, the Duke of Kent and Prince Michael, and her daughter, Princess Alexandra, were with her when she died.
An announcement from the Princess’s apartments in Kensington Palace said she had been suffering from an inoperable brain tumour.
She had spent five weeks resting at the palace after treatment in the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31769, 28 August 1968, Page 17
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