A grace-and-favour home is a residential property owned by a monarch by virtue of his or her position as head of state and leased, often rent-free, to persons as part of an employment package or in gratitude for past services rendered.
View of numbers 10, 11, and 12 Downing Street – official residences of the First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister), Second Lord of the Treasury (Chancellor of the Exchequer), and the Chief Whip
Chequers – official country residence of the Prime Minister
Admiralty House – official ministerial residence
Admiralty Arch – formerly an official ministerial residence
Prince Michael of Kent is a member of the British royal family who is 52nd in line to the British throne as of January 2024. The younger son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he is a grandson of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and George VI, and first cousin of Elizabeth II. Michael's mother was also a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Elizabeth II, making him both a second cousin and first cousin once removed to Charles III.
Portrait by Allan Warren, 2014
Eton College
Michael in 2008
Prince Michael, photographed by Allan Warren