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ROYAL ANCESTRY Both sisters and their ducal husbands are close to the British Royal Family, and are related distantly to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Their maternal grandmother Lady Wernher was born Countess Anastasia de Torby (later Lady "Zia" Wernher), younger Morganatic daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia (a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia) by his wife Countess Sophie von Merenberg, illegitimate and morganatic daughter of Prince Nicholas of Nassau (himself brother of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg by his wife, the younger daughter of Russia's greatest poet Alexander Pushkin . Lady Zia's sister Nadejda (or "Nada") was wife of the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, elder maternal uncle of Prince Philip. The Torby sisters were third cousins of the prince through their common ancestor Nicholas I. It is through their Russian grand ducal father that Alexandra, Duchess of Abercorn is descended from Sophia, Electress Of Hanover . The Duchess of Abercorn is a close friend of the Duke of Edinburgh today, and her sister the Duchess of Westminster is a godmother of Prince William Of Wales . The Duke of Abercorn was himself closely related to the late Diana, Princess Of Wales whose father was his first cousin. FAMILY Alexandra Anastasia Phillips was born in Tucson, Arizona , USA , on February 27 , 1946 , the eldest daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Phillips and his wife, Georgina who was the elder daughter and co-heiress of Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt, by his wife Countess Anastasia de Torby (later Lady Zia Wernher, CBE). On October 20 , 1966 , the twenty-year-old Alexandra Phillips married the Marquess Of Hamilton (later Duke Of Abercorn ) in Westminster Abbey , elder son of the 4th Duke of Abercorn. They had three children:
The Duchess is the Honourary Secretary of the Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma & Transformation in Omagh , County Tyrone , site of a 1999 bombing that left 29 people dead (one of whom was pregnant with twins). The Duchess and her family reside at Barons Court, near Omagh , County Tyrone , Northern Ireland . |
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