Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. Read part four here. George’s health remained a cause for concern, and the deaths of his sister, Louise, the Princess Royal and one of his oldest friends, Sir Charles Cust, in addition to the death of Lord Stamfordham, who had been his private [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. The following year saw Mary suffer another tragedy. Her sixth and youngest child, Prince John, died at the age of 13. He had long suffered from epileptic attacks, and he was kept apart in his own establishment at Wood Farm on the Sandringham [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. Mary was now the wife of the heir apparent, and a change of name came with that. Her husband automatically inherited the Dukedom of Cornwall, and for most of 1901, they were known as the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. They also moved into Marlborough [read more]
Read part one here. On 22 January 1892, Mary returned to White Lodge with her parents. She wrote, “It is so difficult to begin one’s old life again after such a shock.” Just a few weeks later, she and her parents were invited to Osborne by Queen Victoria, and it did Mary some good. Queen [read more]
Princess Mary of Teck was born on 26 May 1867 as the eldest child of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and Prince Francis of Teck, later Duke of Teck, at Kensington Palace. Her mother’s sister, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born Augusta of Cambridge), was in the room. Her mother later wrote to relatives, “I [read more]
The future Queen Elizabeth II was born at 2.40 am on 21 April 1926 as the daughter of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and the future King George VI, then the Duke and Duchess of York, by caesarean. At the time, her uncle, the Prince of Wales and later King Edward VIII, was still young and still expected [read more]
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