[quote]Both before and after his marriage, Prince George had a string of affairs with both men and women, from socialites to Hollywood celebrities. The better known of his lovers included banking heiress Poppy Baring, socialite Margaret Whigham (later Duchess of Argyll and involved in a notoriously scandalous divorce case), and Barbara Cartland (who believed him to be the father of her daughter Raine McCorquodale).[25]
[quote]There were "strong rumours" that he had affairs with musical star Jessie Matthews,[26] writer Cecil Roberts[27] and Noël Coward,[28] a relationship which Coward's long-term boyfriend, Graham Payn, denied.[29] The security services "reported that Coward and Kent had been seen parading together through the streets of London, dressed and made up as women, and had once been arrested by the police for suspected prostitution".[30]
[quote]The Duke of Kent is rumoured to have been addicted to drugs, especially morphine and cocaine, a rumour which reputedly originated with his friendship with Kiki Preston,[31][32][33] whom he first met in the mid-1920s. Reportedly, Prince George shared Kiki in a ménage à trois with Argentinian Jorge Ferrara.[34] Other alleged sexual liaisons were with the art historian and Soviet spy Anthony Blunt, Indira Raje, Maharani of Cooch Behar,[26] and José Uriburu, son of the Argentinian ambassador to the UK, José Uriburu Tezanos.[35]
[quote]In his attempt to rescue his cocaine-addicted brother from the influence of Kiki, Edward, the Prince of Wales, attempted for a while to persuade both George and Kiki to break off their contact, to no avail.[36] Eventually, Edward forced George to stop seeing Kiki and also forced Kiki to leave England, while she was visiting George there in the summer of 1929.[37] For years afterwards, Edward feared that George might relapse to drugs if he maintained his contact with Kiki. Indeed, in 1932, Prince George ran into Kiki unexpectedly at Cannes and had to be removed almost by force.[38]
R81, I'm sure the current Royals would prefer the public not know more about the late Prince George, as he's the father of the current Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra and Prince Michael.