More About HRH Princess Michael of Kent

Her Royal Highness undertakes over 200 public and charitable engagements annually as royal Patrons or Presidents for more than 100 charities and other not-for-profit organizations, which they support independently.  Both speak a number of languages and are active in several different sectors and countries which reflect their interests, not least in Russia, they also support the promotion of British business and exports overseas.

Princess Michael has taken on a number of new commissions for lectures and decorating and has joined Gmurzynska Galerie in Zurich as their International Ambassador. The Gallery specialises in Contemporary and Modern Art as well as Impressionists and the Russian Avant-Garde.

Her Royal Highness has an abiding love of history and the arts and since her marriage has written three historical biographies, all of which were bestsellers and translated worldwide: “Crowned in a Far Country: Eight Royal Brides”; “Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours”, and “The Serpent and the Moon: Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King”. A mini television series of this last book is currently being negotiated.

Princess Michael’s fourth book and her first historical novel, “The Queen of Four Kingdoms”, set in 15th century France, is Volume I of The Anjou Trilogy. This first volume will be available in bookshops from 17th October and on Amazon and other online outlets. Volume II, “The Mystery of Agnès Sorel” will be published in 2014 and the third volume, yet to receive its definitive title, is expected in 2015.

It was the success of her first book that stimulated international interest in Princess Michael to give lectures on her specialist subjects, initially speaking to the French Institute in New York City which led to her long association speaking for the Metropolitan Museum and for Sotheby’s in the USA.  For the past twenty years, she has pursued an active lecture career, speaking on various historical subjects.

Her Royal Highness has spoken all over the U.S., principally at museums and universities but also for banks and other commercial institutions.  Princess Michael has also lectured in other countries including Canada, Argentina, Greece, Austria, Switzerland and Russia, both commercially and for a variety of charities and national institutions, most often at museums, universities, and galleries.  Her Royal Highness served on the Board of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Princess Michael’s other love is for her animals – in particular horses, dogs and her Siamese and Burmese cats of which she is particularly fond.  She is the Royal Patron of three animal conservation organizations in Africa, which are respectively concerned with cheetah’s in South Africa, rhino and wild dogs in Tanzania and an elephant and rhino orphanage in Kenya.

Another passion is Her Royal Highness’ garden.  She has a number of lectures in her repertoire on the history of the garden and is an Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, a City of London Livery Company.  Princess Michael is also Honorary Freeman of two other livery companies: the Worshipful Company of Weavers and the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.

HRH was awarded the Order of the Starry Cross, the ladies’ equivalent of the Order of the Golden Fleece, by Her Imperial Highness Archduchess Regina of Austria who died in 2010.  The Princess is also a Grand Dame of the Order of Malta, and in September 2010 received the Order of Mercy in recognition of her 32 years charity work.

Princess Michael is not only a respected historian and author but also a skilled communicator who brings history alive by combining witty oratory with vivid presentations.  Demonstrating that history is not only about dates and events she brings personalities to life and describes events that made a considerable impact not only at that time but that have affected many aspects of life through the years.

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