Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, 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 was th
Princess Alice in 1911
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, with her children May and Rupert, c. 1909
Princess Alice in Royal Canadian Air Force uniform, 1942
Eleanor Roosevelt, Princess Alice, and Clementine Churchill at the Second Quebec Conference during the Second World War
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He had haemophilia,
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
…served as Viceregal Consort of both the Union of South Africa and of Canada. Alice was born on 25 February 1883 at Windsor Castle, the only daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (the youngest of the four sons of Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort) and his wife Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Her younger brother…
Prince Leopold in 1855
The Marriage of the Duke of Albany by James Dromgole Linton. The painting was commissioned by Queen Victoria but was finished in 1885 after Leopold's death.
Princess Alice of Albany
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R05618, Karl Eduard von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha