Among the members of the royal family who gathered at Buckingham Palace this afternoon to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s birth was Princess Alexandra, the late Queen’s first cousin. She was joined at the reception today by her older brother, Prince Edward, the current Duke of Kent.
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Princess Alexandra (2L) and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (2R) attend a reception to celebrate the life of the late Queen Elizabeth.
Princess Alexandra, 89, rarely appears in public anymore. She was last spotted arriving at King Charles’s Christmas luncheon at Buckingham Palace in December 2025, and before that, at her grandson Alexander Ogilvy’s Sandhurst graduation in August 2025. She joined the royals on the balcony after King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronation—Alexandra was one of just four royals who attended both King Charles and Queen Elizabeth’s coronations—but she has not participated in a Trooping the Colour balcony appearance since 2022.
At the time of her birth, Princess Alexandra, the daughter of Prince George (King George V and Queen Mary’s fourth son) and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, was sixth in line to the British throne. In 1963, she married Angus Ogilvy, and after he was knighted in 1988, she took the title the Honourable Lady Ogilvy.
For today’s Palace reception, Princess Alexandra wore a bright blue jacket and a printed scarf. She also wore pearl and diamond earrings, and a sparkling necklace.
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Princess Alexandra speaks to someone during the reception.
While Princess Alexandra has not publicly spoken about her cousin, other members of the royal family released tributes to Queen Elizabeth on the anniversary of her birth.
“Much about the times we now live in I suspect may have troubled her deeply,” King Charles said in a video message paying tribute to his late mother. “But I take heart from her belief that goodness will always prevail and that a brighter dawn is never far from the horizon. For as a young Princess Elizabeth put it in her first ever public broadcast, aged just 14, we can each play our part ‘to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place.’ It is a belief which I share, with all my heart.”
Emily Burack (she/her) is the Deputy Digital Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms.
