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Coppins is acountry house north of the village ofIver inBuckinghamshire,England. Located only seven miles fromWindsor Castle, it was formerly a home to many members of theBritish royal family, includingPrincess Victoria,Prince George, Duke of Kent andPrincess Marina, and their sonPrince Edward, Duke of Kent.
The house was originally a mid-nineteenth-century farmhouse built by John Mitchell, who arranged theatre visits forQueen Victoria and her son, thePrince of Wales. The house was substantially altered forPrincess Victoria, who moved there after the death of her mother,Queen Alexandra, in 1925.
Princess Victoria left Coppins to her nephewPrince George, Duke of Kent, when she died in 1935. The home to two generations of the Kent family was eventually sold.[1]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was a regular visitor to Coppins during school holidays while atGordonstoun (1937–39) andDartmouth Naval College (1939–40), and later when visiting withPrincess Elizabeth. Prince George's wife,Princess Marina, was Prince Philip's paternal first cousin.
Prince Michael of Kent was born there on 4 July 1942. In 1944, Princess Marina's first cousin KingGeorge II of Greece also stayed at Coppins.[2] Coppins was sold by Prince Edward in 1972 with 236 acres of land to Commander Eli Gottlieb for an amount that was reported to be over £400,000.[3] Coppins was put up for sale again in April 1977 for £500,000, with 13 acres of gardens.[4]
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