At today’s funeral service of The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, his sisters’ side of the family will be represented by two great-nephews, Princess Margarita‘s grandson Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Theodora‘s grandson Prince Berthold of Baden. Princesses Sophie and Cecilie, who both married into the Grand Ducal House of Hesse, will be represented by Donatus, [read more]
Read part four here. Alice’s daughter Cecilie married on 2 February 1931, but Alice was not there as she was still at Kreuzlingen. She suffered a physical setback, though it is unclear if this had an actual physical cause. Alice asked for a holiday from Kreuzlingen, but this was denied her. She celebrated her 46th [read more]
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]
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]
Read part one here. During the Second World War, Gottfried was an officer on the Eastern Front. He had become a member of the Nazi Party on 1 May 1937 with the number 4023070. He had considerable contact with Nazi leaders and served in the Wehrmacht. Margarita joined the party on the same date with [read more]
Margarita of Greece and Denmark was born on 18 April 1905 as the eldest daughter of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. She was born at the Royal Palace in Athens at 1 a.m. Her grandmothers Princess Victoria and Queen Olga, were by her mother’s side during the long labour. [read more]
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