When Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, sat among members of the royal family at the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, little was known or spoken about her. Please reset your password.Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager.You need a Find a Grave account to add things to this site.Please check the I'm not a robot checkboxThanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you.Select a place on the map to place the pin.Failed to report flower. We appreciate your feedback.Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code.Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. She was born in England as the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the eldest child/daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg. He didn't see his mother again until he was 16.Princess Alice, who was the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, spent most of her life in Greece after marrying Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903. The couple had three daughters and a son, Prince Philip, before Prince Andrew passed away in 1944."I remember, she was staying at Windsor and we were waiting to go into lunch," she recalled.Following Cecile's death, Princess Alice went on to move to Athens alone to work with the poor. Try again later.Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person.Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print.Also an additional 2 volunteers within fifty miles.Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. One of the original couple's sons, Prince Alexander of Battenberg, was made Sovereign Prince of Bulgaria; he was later forced to abdicate. He unwisely said, 'And what have you been doing this morning, ma’am?' to which Princess Alice replied, 'And what has [that] got to do with you?'"During her time in the institution, Princess Alice was subjected to a host of (often barbaric) experimental treatments, some at the direction of the Austrian neurologist and renowned psychotherapist, Sigmund Freud.She didn't see her husband and children again until she attended the funeral of her youngest daughter, Cecile, who died in a plane crash in 1937.Following Prince Andrew’s death, Princess Alice remained in Greece for the next decade, focusing on charity work. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option.This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 20 photos to this memorialWe’ve updated the security on the site.
As Prince Philip's mother and Queen Elizabeth II's mother-in-law, the latter invited the elderly princess to live in London to be closer to the family after she struggled in Greece. Once again, she became estranged from her husband and children."She was in a dressing gown, by choice, in the attic," she said. Holocaust hero. Try again later.Found more than one record for entered EmailPhoto request failed. Please try again later.Photo request sent successfully.Take a tour to see what has changed.For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab.You may not upload any more photos to this memorialOops, we were unable to send the email.Year should not be greater than current yearAre you sure that you want to delete this photo?If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the mapFailed to delete memorial.