The
Prince devotes a high proportion of his time to the support of a large
number of non-profit-making charities, institutes, trade associations,
societies and health organisations, despite the commitments of his business.
These range from The
Kennel Club to the Children’s
Fire and Burn Trust, the Maritime
Volunteer Service and the World
Monuments Fund in Britain.
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Left: Prince Michael with children from Bishop Gilpin School, Wimbledon at Brooklands Museum
Right: Prince Michael at the SSAFA stand at Crufts 2005 |
As well as being Commonwealth President of the Royal
Life Saving Society, Prince Michael is President of the Royal
Automobile Club, and Patron of the National
Eye Research Centre and the David
Shepherd Wildlife Foundation among many other such organisations.
His Fellowships include those of the Institute
of the Motor Industry, the Royal
Aeronautical Society and the Institute
of Linguists. He is also Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Mark Master Masons and Provincial Grand Master of
the Provincial
Grand Lodge of Middlesex.
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Left: Prince Michael visits the Speransky
Hospital, Moscow, as Patron of the Children’s Fire & Burn
Trust- June 2003. Photograph © David Chancellor
Right: Prince Michael visits the Amputee Rehabilitation Centre
at Queen Mary’s Hospital Roehampton, Nov 2000 |
A keen sportsman,
Prince Michael represented the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in rowing,
and was part of the team that won the Maiden Fours at Bedford in 1961.
He is now Patron of the Thames
Rowing Club. Prince Michael represented Great Britain as a
bobsleigh driver for many years and was a reserve for the 1972 Olympics.
As a vintage car enthusiast, he was part of the team in 1992 that broke
the 1,000-mile record for cars over 5,000cc in a 1929 Bentley Special.
A competitive rally driver, he is also a qualified pilot of both fixed
wing aircraft and helicopters. Some of his Presidencies, such as those
of the Motor
Sports Association, the Brooklands
Museum Trust and the Popular
Flying Association reflect these personal leisure-time interests
of the Prince.
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Left: Prince Michael drives a vintage
Bentley on a Rally from Brooklands Museum to Moscow to raise funds
for the Children’s Fire and Burn Trust. Photograph ©
David Chancellor
Right: Photograph © David Chancellor |
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