Marion Thorpe has died

Newly married Lord and Lady Harewood en route to honeymoon
(Marlene A. Eilers Koenig collection)

The baptism of Viscount Lascelles, 1950   Marlene A. Eilers Koenig Collection

Marion Thorpe, first wife of the late Earl of Harewood, and mother of the present Earl, died on March 6.  She was 87 years old. 

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/07/marion-thorpe

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2014/03/sombre-news-marion-thorpe-has-died.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10683525/Marion-Thorpe-obituary.html

In Venice on their honeymoon   Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection

A 2013 interview with Marion Thorpe. http://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2013/nov/21/benjamin-britten-centenary-marion-thorpe-stein