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The 80-year-old first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth is not officially a working royal but has been under the spotlight more than most. Above: The Prince with his wife Marie-Christine and the Queen.

Princess Michael of Kent has endured difficult relationships with the likes of King Charles III, Princess Anne and Princess Diana, but why does this gregarious royal seem to rub some members of the monarchy the wrong way?

Prince Michael and his wife Marie-Christine - known, formally, as Princess Michael - are closing their business, less than a year after reports he was selling access to the Russian officials.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL; Downton star Peter Egan (pictured) has criticised Prince William for claiming that trophy hunting of animals could be justified in certain circumstances

RICHARD EDEN: As Sir Salman Rushdie slowly recovers from the assassination attempt that left him with life-changing injuries, he is being nursed back to health by the Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

  Prince Michael of Kent, first cousin to Queen Elizabeth II, has been accused of offering to sell access to Russian President Vladimir Putin In an investigation conducted by British news outlets Channel 4 and The Sunday Times, two undercover reporters posed as South Korean executives wanting Michael’s help with their fake gold investment company, which was dubbed House of Haedong. The investigation was looking into allegations that Michael, 78, and his business associate Simon Isaacs, 4t...

Monday 10 May 2021 Prince and Princess Michael of Kent at Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingstons wedding at St Georges Chapel in 2019 Pool / Max Mumby / Getty Images 78-year-old Prince Michael of Kent was eighth in line to the throne at his time of birth, in Buckinghamshire, on 4 July 1942. As a grandson of King George V and Queen Mary, he is the Queen’s first cousin and, these days, he is 50th in the line of succession. Aged five he had a starring role as a page boy at the wedding of Pr...

Queens cousin Prince Michael accused of using royal status to sell access to Putin Mirror 2 hrs ago Taz Ali & Ryan Merrifield An undercover investigation has claimed Prince Michael of Kent was willing to use his royal status for personal profit, and to seek favours from Russian president Vladimir Putin. The Queens cousin told undercover reporters posing as investors from South Korea in a virtual meeting that he could be hired for £10,000 a day to make "confidential" represent...

Brandishing a pair of oversize scissors, she joked: ‘I’d go anywhere for a hot meal!’ It was a dig at critics, who’d been moaning that the gig was unbecoming of a British royal. But the light-hearted remark also laid bare a more serious truth: that despite their blue-blooded pedigree, the Princess and her husband, Prince Michael, had grown accustomed to being perennially short of cash. The Prince and Princess Michael of Kent photographed at Nether Lypiatt Manor, their unconventional pur...