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On This Day

Posted by Karen on February 2, 2025, 7:05 am

1990 - Marina Ogilvy married Paul Mowatt. The bride wore a black velvet dress with a matching black hat and red bolero jacket. The couple divorced in 1997.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Cynthia on February 2, 2025, 10:47 am, in reply to "On This Day "

The rehash in the DM is just bad. They said Philip and Elizabeth met at Alexandra's house, Thatched House Lodge, before they were married, and that she was asked to be a bridesmaid because she "helped their romance." Um, no.

I remember the scandal at the time. It really was pretty shocking.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Hollie24 on February 2, 2025, 11:47 am, in reply to "Re: On This Day "

I haven't read the article yet, so thanks for the heads up. I also remember the circus surrounding Marina. She did several interviews where she attacked the monarchy and so on and left her mother extremely distressed. She was five or six months pregnant when she married Paul, too.

Marina was lucky that the Queen was willing to help her by providing a home for her and her children when it turned out Paul was mentally and physically abusive.

Re: On This Day

Posted by karenl on February 2, 2025, 7:15 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day "

Marina also said horrible things about her parents. She stated that when they found out she was pregnant, they "ordered" her to have either a shotgun marriage or an abortion. She further stated that when she refused their "demands", they disowned her and cut off all money to her.
Angus and Alexandra issued a flat out denials towards what Marina had stated. I can't even imagine how embarrassing and the feelings of betrayal they felt.
Marina did eventually reconcile with her family. In the last several years, she and her daughter have been very close to Alexandra.

Re: On This Day Link To DM Article

Posted by karenl on February 2, 2025, 8:42 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day "

The article is bad and quite biased against the late Queen.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14334341/Would-Queen-forgiven-Prince-Harry-Megxit-scandal.html

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