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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.
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.
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.
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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.
Apr 9, 2021 · Philip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, front row second from left, attended the wedding of her son and Princess Elizabeth on Nov. 20, 1947. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sep 8, 2022 · In the end, her parents gave in to her wishes and Philip officially proposed to Princess Elizabeth in 1947, with a three-carat diamond ring he designed using stones taken from a family tiara that belonged to his mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg.
