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She was the eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. Her mother was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, the Queen's second daughter.
According to royal biographer and historian Hugo Vickers’ 2001 book Alice: Princess Andrew Of Greece, she was a deeply private person. Prince Philip’s parents Princess Alice and Prince Louis ...
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.
Princess Alice of Battenberg, later Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969), was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh …
Apr 10, 2021 · In 1937, she was reunited with Andrew and her family at the funeral of her daughter Princess Cecilie, who was killed in a plane crash at the age of 26. During the Second World War, Alice lived in Athens and worked for the Red Cross, where she organised soup kitchens for orphaned children.
Apr 10, 2021 · The death of the Duke of Edinburgh has highlighted the extraordinary legacy of his mother, Princess Alice, a deeply religious woman famed for saving a Jewish family from the Holocaust.
Jun 10, 2020 · Princess Alice was born on February 25 1885 at Windsor Castle. She was found to be congenitally deaf after her mother noticed that she was having trouble pronouncing words. After her...
