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Lady Ursula d'Abo

(1916-2017)
noblewoman; maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
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Lady Ursula Isabel d'Abo (née Manners, formerly Marreco; 8 November 1916 – 2 November 2017) was an English socialite and aristocrat who served as a maid of honour to the Queen at the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937. She received international media attention after her photograph from that day, standing alongside the British royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, circulated in the news. Reporters focused on her beauty and distinctive widow's peak, and an American wrote to the editor of a newspaper, asking "who is the girl with the widow's peak?" The title of her 2014 book, The Girl with the Widow's Peak: The Memoirs, played with this question.

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Born
8 November 1916
London, England
Died
2 November 2017 (aged 100)
England
Zodiac Scorpio
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John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland and Kathleen Tennant
John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland and Kathleen Tennant · m. 1916

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  • Isabel Violet Kathleen
    Isabel Violet Kathleen · Younger Sister · 1918- · Celebrity Baby info
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  • Charles John Robert
    Charles John Robert · Younger Brother · 1919- · Celebrity Baby info
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  • John Martin
    John Martin · Younger Brother · 1922- · Celebrity Baby info
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  • Roger David Manners
    Roger David Manners · Younger Brother · 1925- · Celebrity Baby info
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  • H.H. Asquith
    H.H. Asquith · Uncle · 1852-1928 · British politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916 edit info
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  • Duff Cooper
    Duff Cooper · Uncle · 1890-1954 · British Conservative politician edit info
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  • David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland
    David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland · Nephew · 1959- · British socialite edit info
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  • Lady Violet Manners
    Lady Violet Manners · Great-niece · 1993- · noblewoman; 21st-century English model and businesswoman edit info
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  • Lady Alice Manners
    Lady Alice Manners · Great-niece · 1995- · 21st-century English socialite and model edit info
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  • Lady Eliza Manners
    Lady Eliza Manners · Great-niece · 1997- · British socialite edit info
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  • Lord Hugo Manners
    Lord Hugo Manners · Great-nephew · 2003- · British socialite edit info
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  • Jawaharlal Nehru
    Jawaharlal Nehru · Friend · 1889-1964 · Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964 edit info
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    Duke of Windsor · Friend · 1894-1972 · King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (1936) edit info
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