The touching meaning behind the latest royal baby’s name

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14 Jul 2026 • 3:42 PM MYT
The Independent
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The touching meaning behind the latest royal baby’s name

  • King Charles' third cousin, Flora Vesterberg, and her husband Timothy have announced the birth of their first child, a daughter named Isabel Marina Vesterberg.
  • Isabel was born on 8 July, and her name pays tribute to Flora's paternal great-grandmother, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.
  • Princess Marina, of Greece and Denmark, became a British princess upon her marriage to Prince George, Duke of Kent, in 1934.
  • The baby is the first great-grandchild of Princess Alexandra, a cousin to the late Queen Elizabeth, and is expected to be 62nd in the line of succession to the British throne.
  • Flora, an art historian, first announced her pregnancy in January; she married Timothy in a private ceremony in 2020, followed by a church blessing in 2021.

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