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Trailer: Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers
Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers will be broadcast on BBC One on 22 September 2021 at 9 P.M GMT.
Prince Philip
Julia von Hauke
Julia, Princess of Battenberg and the origins of the Mountbatten name
The name Mountbatten was the anglicised name that the Battenberg family in England took during the First World War. But who were the Battenbergs to begin with? The name was created for Julia von Hauke, who became Countess and then Princess of Battenberg. Julia was the great-grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Julia von [read more]
Cecilie of Greece and Denmark
Cecilie of Greece and Denmark – A tragic destiny (Part two)
Read part one here. On 9 October 1937, Cecilie’s father-in-law died at the age of 68. On 12 October, Cecilie was joined by both her mother and grandmother for the funeral. There was a strong Nazi presence at the funeral, and both Cecilie and her husband had joined the Nazi party on 1 May 1937 [read more]
Alice of Battenberg
Alice of Battenberg – A life well lived (Part seven)
Read part six here. Alice’s wish to found a sisterhood had begun to form long ago and was inspired by her aunt Elizabeth. She was given a piece of land on Tinos by the Church of the Virgin and on 17 July 1948, she ‘withdrew from the world’ and wrote to Philip, “I think I [read more]
Alice of Battenberg
Alice of Battenberg – A pensive Princess (Part four)
Read part three here. In early 1923, Alice, Andrew, his younger brother Christopher and his American-born wife Anastasia (born Nonie May Stewart) arrived in the United States for a much-needed two-month holiday. During their journey, they learned that King Constantine had died suddenly of heart failure – he was still only 54 years old. Alice [read more]
The Royal Women
Alice of Battenberg – A twice exiled Princess (Part three)
Read part two here. Alice wrote of her experiences as a nurse to her mother, who distributed at least two of her letters amongst the British Royal Family. Her brother George commented, “I have never read anything so interesting. It filled me with an intense admiration and sympathy for Alice; she has surpassed herself in [read more]