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Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981) was a member of the British royal family. She was the longest-lived Princess of the Blood Royal , and one of the longest-lived British royals .
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883–1981), a member of the British royal family, last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885–1969), great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II
He was well versed in his subjects and became known as a devoted admirer of British royalty. His research included interviewing several members of the royal family, including Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, about whom he published a biography in 1981, the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret, [2] as well as numerous courtiers.
English: Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. Wife of the Governor-General of Canada. Date: 6 July 1940. Place of creation: Government House, Rideau Hall ...
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, wife of Governor General the Earl of Athlone, was Honorary Air Commandant of the Women's Division. A total of 17,038 women served with the Women's Division before it was discontinued in December 1946. Twenty WDs received the BEM, 12 officers received the MBE, and one officer, Dr. Jean Davey, was awarded the ...
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, resided in Canada from June 1940 to April 1946 as the viceregal consort of Canada; accompanying her spouse, Alexander, Earl of Athlone, who was sworn in as the Governor General of Canada on 21 June 1940. [111] Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, with the Earl of Athlone and William Lyon Mackenzie King ...
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George; born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January 1957), was a member of the extended British royal family, as a great-grandson of King George III, a brother of Queen Mary, uncle to the Kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the husband of Princess Alice of Albany.
Princess Andrew with her first two children, Margarita and Theodora, c. 1910. Princess Alice met Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (known as Andrea within the family), the fourth son of King George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia, while in London for King Edward VII's coronation in 1902. [9]