Jewellery, Objects of Vertu, Silver and Watches

Royal Interest: Two signed photographs of Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy and Sir Angus Ogilvy, the first a black and white portrait by Cecil Beaton, the mount signed below ‘Alexandra’ and ‘Angus Ogilvy’, with gilt monogram of Princess Alexandra above, the reverse stamped ‘Cecil Beaton Photograph’ and numbered in ink ‘1068/193’, in a gilt tooled red leather easel back frame, dimensions 22.2 x 17.2cm; the second depicting the couple standing in front of an aircraft, the photograph signed ‘Alexandra, 1969, Bangkok’ and ‘Angus Ogilvy’, in black and gilt easel back frame, dimensions 32.5 x 27.3cm. £100-£150

Presented to Group Captain B.A. Primavesi CVO, and thence by descent.

Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936), is a member of the British royal family and the only daughter of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. She is the only living granddaughter of George V, a niece of Edward VIII and George VI, and a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Alexandra's mother was also a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Elizabeth II, making her both a second cousin and first cousin once removed of Charles III.

Alexandra was married to businessman Sir Angus Ogilvy from 1963 until his death in 2004. At the time of her birth, she was sixth in line of succession to the British throne; as of 2025, she is 58th.

In the autumn of 1969 the Princess Alexandra and Sir Angus Ogilvy visited Thailand as guests of the King Rama IX.