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Oct 29, 2018 · The death of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, on October 29th 2004, brought to an end a fascinating and often overlooked royal story. Alice had lived quietly and discreetly, but her role in ...
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester GCB GCVO GBE CI (née Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott; 25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004) was the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Mary of Teck. The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, Scotland’s largest landowner, her ...
Nov 1, 2004 · Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was the Queen's last surviving aunt. She became the oldest member of the Royal Family at the age of 100, following the death of the Queen Mother in 2002.
On October 29, 2004, Princess Alice died peacefully in her sleep at Kensington Palace in London at the age of 102, the longest-lived member of the British Royal Family ever. Her funeral was held on November 5, 2004, at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle and was attended by members of the British Royal Family including Queen Elizabeth II.
Nov 1, 2004 · 01 November 2004 • 12:01am. Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, the widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, who has died aged 102, was the last of the Queen's aunts and ...
Wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; daughter of 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott married Prince Henry, the Duke of Gloucester, in 1935. The couple travelled extensively to perform their royal duties. During World War II, Princess Alice worked with the Red Cross and the Order of St. John. She became head of the Women's Royal Air Force in ...
Oct 30, 2004 · Princess Alice: A mild-mannered royal rebel. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, was at the centre of the Royal Family for most of her adult life, but remained one of its least known members. The Queen's aunt and Queen Mother's sister-in-law, this mild-mannered maverick cracked the courtly mould by wearing trousers, tending the sick and ...
