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Apr 14, 2021 · Princess Alice of Battenberg was born at Windsor Castle in 1885 in the presence of her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. She was married at the age of 18 to Prince Andrew of Greece and...
Apr 9, 2021 · The royal couple went on to have five children - four daughters and their only son, Philip. But the wedding marked the height of her life’s extravagance.
Nov 15, 2019 · A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Philip’s mother was born as Princess Alice of Battenberg at Windsor Castle in 1985, and was born congenitally deaf. She met her husband, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1902 at the coronation of King Edward VII, with the two marrying a year later.
Princess Andrew returned to the United Kingdom in April 1947 to attend the November wedding of her only son, Philip, to Princess Elizabeth, the elder daughter and heir presumptive of King George VI. She had some of her remaining jewels used in Princess Elizabeth's engagement ring.
Nov 18, 2019 · Netflix’s regal drama “The Crown” has shed light on the tragic, yet heroic, life of one of the lesser-known royals: Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg.
Nov 18, 2019 · In The Crown season 3, Princess Alice—mom to Prince Philip and mother-in-law to Queen Elizabeth—is shown as a reclusive Greek nun. Here's the true story.
Dec 21, 2019 · One of the stand-out stories in season three of The Crown focuses on Prince Philip’s eccentric mother Princess Alice. “She is the unheralded star of the show,” says Robert Lacey, the ...
