#duchess of teck

[daylight-upon-magic]

A New Year greeting card to 11-year-old Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (later Queen Mary) from her mother, the Duchess of Teck.

From your loving Mamma, Jany. 1st 1879.

The ‘Voiced’ card would make a chirping sound when pressure was applied to a concealed whistle at the back.

[the-jewel-catalogue]

The Duchess of Teck's Pearl and Diamond Brooch

When Queen Mary’s brother Prince Frank died in 1910, they had just repaired a decade long rift, during which he altered his will to reflect his feelings towards his sister.

James Pope-Hennessy said around this time (when his sister has just recently become Princess of Wales) Prince Frank was alienated from her due to her disapproval of his mistress Nellie, Countess of Kilmorey as well as her attempts to help him “with money and good advice.” He says Frank found, “the burden of gratitude too heavy to bear.”

Frank’s will states, “The jewel given me by my godfather Francis Joseph Emperor of Austria I leave to Eleanor Constance, Countess of Kilmorey with the caveat that she will leave it to H.R.H. The Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland daughter of His Majesty King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.”

Queen Mary was horrified by the contents of the will and in 1910 paid the Countess £10,000 for the Cambridge emeralds to be returned to her. But this jewel was not included in that purchase. The Countess died in 1920 and the brooch presumably went to Princess Victoria. The brooch was later either given to or left to Queen Mary by Princess Victoria (who died in 1935) and was later photographed in her photographic jewel inventory. She left it to Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The brooch has now presumably been left to King Charles.

~ British Royal Jewels IG

[behindthecrowns]

"The day after their arrival at York Cottage there was a very bad thunderstorm. Princess May had always been allergic to thunder, which frightened her and made her feel ill. The succeeding days were at once warm and rainy. Often they could not go outside the cottage, but remained cooped up in the tiny rooms. Neither of them was much given to self-expression. Long though they had known each other, it took some time for their mutual shyness to evaporate. He now found himself, alone in a small cottage in the rain, with a highly sensitive and cultivated girl who did not care for naval manners and was far too intelligent and honest to indulge in flattery or pretend that she agreed with him when she, quite frequently, did not. Prince George felt at a loss, and sometimes he reacted like a spoiled child. It is to Princess May's singular credit that, under these conditions, and in the first weeks of their marriage, her husband fell deeply in love with her."

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Two group photographs of Prince Louis and Princess Alice of Hesse with their two daughters, Victoria and Elisabeth, alongside Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, and Prince Alfred, 1865.

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, January 23rd:

Louis III, Elector Palatine, 1378

Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, 1579

Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, 1673

Ulrika Eleonora, Queen Regnant of Sweden, 1688

Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,  Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1724

Purachatra Jayakara, Prince of Thailand, 1881

Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, 1896

May of Teck, Lady Abel Smith, 1906

Caroline, Princess of Hanover, 1957

Kesang Choden Wangchuck, Princess of Bhutan, 1982

[collarsncrowns]

Members of the British Royal Family attend the coronation of King George VI and Queen Consort Elizabeth, 1937.

[missmarymaywindsor]

among her daughters-in-law alice duchess of gloucester, queen mother aka duchess of york, princess marina duchess of kent.

with whom she had the best relationship?

i know she disliked simposon duchess of windsor

Hi @abigaaal !

You are certainly correct! I think we can all agree without a shred of doubt that QM did NOT like Wallis Simpson!

As for the rest of her daughters-in-law I do believe she liked and got on well with all of them. I know Elizabeth and Alice referred to QM as ‘darling Mama’ though I have not seen Marinas letters, and I think referring to your mother-in-law as ‘mama’ in such high society circles was fairly common. I know Princess Mary also referred to her own M-I-L in such fashion, as did QM with Queen Alexandra.

From what I have read, my opinion is that Alice of Gloucester was her favourite, followed by Elizabeth then Marina - however I think the margin between all of them was very small. She had things in common with all them though I think she found Alice the most down-to-earth.

She had certainly known Elizabeth the longest as she married Bertie in 1923, and Alice and Marina didn’t appear on the scene until the early to mid 1930s respectively. Elizabeth as I understand it was the undisputed favourite of George V, though this may be because he died so early into the marriages of his two younger sons. Though in the days Bertie was proposing to Elizabeth (3 times!! so yes I do mean days - if not months and years) QM as I understand was very very keen for Elizabeth to say yes as she thought she’d be a fantastic match for Bertie. And much later on she knew undoubtedly that Elizabeth would be a wonderful Queen.

We know Alice and QM were close only I think because of the memoir written by Alice (which is FABULOUS btw - if you haven’t read it I would absolutely recommend it). Marina however doesn’t have the luxury of being as well written about unlike her sisters-in-law, with one being a Queen of England and the other as I’ve mentioned writing her own story, though by all means Alice was still discreet. So when it comes to Marina I’m afraid we know a little less about her relationship with QM. I also have to confess I’m not much of an expert when it comes to Marina, if anyone else has any light to shed on it please do comment!

Ultimately, I think she liked each D-I-L for who they were and how happy they made her sons (and of course they were of the appropriate marrying variety unlike Simpson).

Hope this helps! ♥️

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

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Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck and her daughter, Princess Mary, future Queen consort of the United Kingdom, c. 1870.

[the-jewel-catalogue]

The Duchess of Teck’s Collet Necklace.

It is likely that this necklace (or the greater part of the stones now in it) came to Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, from her aunt, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester.

A year later, on the Duchess of Gloucester’s death, the Princess also received from her aunt her ‘single row of diamonds’, in addition to other jewellery. A later inventory of Princess Mary Adelaide’s jewellery records the legacy from the Duchess of Gloucester as ‘A Diamond Necklace of 49 Diamonds, and clasp of small Diamonds’, which is probably to be identified with this necklace.

The necklace was bequeathed by Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, and was inherited by Queen Elizabeth II in 2002.

[behindthecrowns]

Devonshire House Ball, 1897

The Devonshire House Ball or the Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball was an elaborate fancy dress ball, hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, held on 2 July 1897 at Devonshire House in Piccadilly to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

The Prince and the Princess of Wales (Edward VII and Alexandra)

The Duke and the Duchess of York (George V and Mary)

Princess Mary Adelaide (the mother of Mary)

The Countess of Warwick dressed as Marie Antoinette

The Duchess of Devonshire

Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and his wife

The Viscount D'Abernon

Daisy, Princess of Pless dressed as Cleopatra

Lady Randolph Spencer-Churchill in a byzantine dress

[celticcrossanon]

Teck Crescent Tiara

This is a tiara that I want to see in regular use. It is the property of the BRF, apparently was assigned to Queen Camilla when she was the Duchess of Cornwall, and hasn't been seen since it was worn by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother when she was Queen Consort, in the 1950s. I think it is a very pretty tiara and I would love to see it worn again.

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

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Queen Mary with her eldest children, definately among the most beautiful pictures taken of her.

[collarsncrowns]

The Duke and Duchess of York (later George V and Queen Mary), Prince Edward (later Edward VIII), and the Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra). 1895.

[theroyalsofcorrilea]

The Royal Palace of Avillion sent out Christmas Cards today. This one depicts The Duke and Duchess of Teck, alongside their two children, Prince Phillip and Princess Mary Elizabeth posing in the Ball Room at Victoria Park, the official residence of The Duke of Teck.

All members of the Family personally signed the cards themselves.

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

B. 1867, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck -> The Duchess of York -> The Princess of Wales -> The Queen -> Queen Mary, d. 1953.

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

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