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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is the youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary. He succeeded to the dukedom of Gloucester, as the second Duke, upon his father's death in 1974 and is currently 24th in line to the British throne, and the first not descended from King George VI. He is also the senior male line descendant of Queen Victoria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester – Royal Family History )〕 The Duke of Gloucester carries out royal engagements on behalf of his cousin, Queen Elizabeth II. ==Early life== Prince Richard was born on 26 August 1944 at Hadley Common〔Royal Children by Charles Kidd & Patrick Montague-Smith〕 in Hertfordshire. His father was Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. His mother was Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (''née'' Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott), a daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. He was baptised at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park on 20 October 1944 by Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Lang. His godparents were his paternal aunt, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Marie Louise (his cousin), the Countess of Athlone (his cousin, for whom her daughter, Lady May Abel Smith stood proxy), the Duke of Buccleuch (his maternal uncle), the Marquess of Cambridge (his cousin), Lady Sybil Phipps (his maternal aunt), and General the Earl Alexander of Tunis (for whom his wife, then Lady Margaret Alexander, stood proxy). Because of the War, newspapers did not identify the precise location of the christening, saying only that it took place at "a private chapel in the country".〔The Times, 21 October 1944〕〔The Times, 5 August 1942〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yvonne's Royalty Home Page – Royal Christenings )〕 As a patrilineal grandson of the British monarch, he was styled ''His Royal Highness Prince Richard of Gloucester'' from birth. At the time of his birth he was fifth in the line of succession to the throne but second in line to his father's dukedom, behind his brother, Prince William of Gloucester, who died in 1972 when the plane he was piloting crashed at Halfpenny Green, near Wolverhampton. When Prince Richard was four months old, he accompanied his parents to Australia, where his father served as Governor-General from 1945 to 1947. The family returned to Barnwell Manor in 1947. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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