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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.
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.
Jun 10, 2020 · After her diagnosis, Alice’s mother encouraged her to learn how to lip-read. Alice married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903 and lived with her husband in Greece until their forced ...
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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.
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 25, 2019 · Princess Alice was born in 1885 at Windsor Castle and is the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria who was present at the birth, as highlighted in The Crown. She spent a large number of years in Britain before eventually marrying Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903 – just a year after falling in love at King Edwards VII’s coronation.
