#princess Alice

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It’s What Best Pals Do (Fundamental Paper Education)

Alice would make a pretty insane buddy to be around.

[Abbie] “Do you think Y/N will be okay?”

[Claire] “Of course, Y/N is…friends with them as they said, they wouldn’t actually hurt them or anything like that…”

[Abbie] “I-I guess so…I’m still worried about them.”

[Claire] “If Y/N can survive running from the teachers, he can handle those two-WOAH!”

You approached the two, a little embarrassed and shook from lunch. You had hoped they didn’t see-

[Abbie] “Y/N, what happened to your neck!?”

…the two bite marks on your neck, one more noticeable then the other. It took all your willpower to not just run off and hide in a corner.

[You] You…told them that Alice and Oliver were just making sure that them along with the others knew who your REAL best friends were. So they..kinda took nibbles on your neck….(Alice bit down hard enough, you thought she drew blood..)

[Claire] “That sounds like too much!”

[You] Yeah well…it’s Oliver and Alice, why did Claire and Abbie really expect?

[Abbie] “Will you be okay?”

You’ll be fine, you really needed to go though, so you told them your goodbyes as you walked past them, hoping your shirt collar covered up the bite mark to the back of your neck too..

Alice was bitey, she was VERY bitey.

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Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, 1865.

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16 June 1990 Trooping the Colour, balcony appearance © ITN

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Painting of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia by François Flameng, 1894.

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Alice and Alix

Alice on her daughter:

“She is a sweet, merry little person, always laughing, with a deep dimple in one cheek just like Ernie.”

“She is quite the personification of her nickname “Sunny”—much like Ella, but a smaller head, and livelier, with Ernie’s dimple and expression.”

“‘Sunny’ in pink, was immensely admired. She is still improving in looks since you saw her.”

“Aliky is very handsome and dear.”

Alexandra Feodorovna on her mother:

“I cried when I thought of my mother; this [the wedding of her brother Ernst] was the first festival since her death. I seemed to see her everywhere.”

“Darmstadt is only a little spot in the garden of my memories, but my mother died there, so I can’t really be blamed for liking Darmstadt.”

And one final tribute:

“The Empress’s boudoir, known as ‘Le Cabinet Mauve de l’Imperatrice,’ was a lovely room … Lovely pictures adorned the walls—and one of the Annunciation, and another of St. Cecilia, faced a portrait of the Empress’s mother, the late Princess Alice of England, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt.”

“The mauve boudoir was flooded with moonlight, which fell directly on the portrait of the Empress’s mother, and on the picture of the Annunciation. Both seemed alive.... The sad eyes of the dead woman watched the gradually unfolding tragedy of her daughter’s life, whilst the radiant Virgin, overcome with divine condescension, welcomed the angel who hailed her as blessed among women.”

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PART 1

Never-before-seen photo of four royal mothers, including Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret with their newborn babies, as a personal token to doctor who delivered them to go on display at Buckingham Palace

By Rebecca English, Royal Editor and Mark Duell

16 May 2024

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It is a remarkable and never seen before snapshot of royal motherhood.

The image, taken by Lord Snowdon, shows Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra, and the Duchess of Kent holding their newborn babies in 1964.

It was captured by Princess Margaret's celebrated photographer husband as a personal token of thanks for Sir John Peel, the royal obstetrician who delivered all four babies within two months — Prince Edward, Lady Sarah Chatto, James Ogilvy, and Lady Helen Windsor.

And it will be one of the highlights of a new exhibition Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography, opening tomorrow at The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

The charming picture will be displayed along with a handwritten letter from Princess Margaret to her sister, asking her 'Darling Lilibet' to sign a print 'as a souvenir of an extraordinary two months of delivery.'

The new exhibition — the first to be held at the The King's Gallery since it was renamed following the death of Queen Elizabeth — will also include The Queen Mother's personal copy of her daughter's Coronation portrait and the earliest surviving colour photographic print of a member of the Royal Family.

It charts the evolution of royal portrait photography from the 1920s to the present day through more than 150 items from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives.

The photographs presented in the exhibition are vintage prints – the original works produced by the photographer – most of which are on display for the first time.

Alessandro Nasini, curator of Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography, said: 'The Royal Collection holds some of the most enduring photographs ever taken of the Royal Family, captured by the most celebrated portrait photographers of the past hundred years – from Dorothy Wilding and Cecil Beaton to Annie Leibovitz, David Bailey, and Rankin.

Alongside these beautiful vintage prints, which cannot be on permanent display for conservation reasons, we are excited to share archival correspondence and never-before-seen proofs that will give visitors a behind-the-scenes insight into the process of creating such unforgettable royal portraits.'

'Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography' is at The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, from tomorrow (May 17) until October 6, 2024.

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Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, 1875.

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Christening of PRINCE RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER, October 20, 1944 // RCT

‘The Duchess of Gloucester had another son a few days ago [August 26] - a Caesarian operation - and there is much discussion as to what name the child shall be given. The King favours Charles, which I think would be a good idea, but the Gloucesters apparently fancy Richard.’

Alan ‘Tommy’ Lascelles - diary entry, 31 August 1944 

photograph shows L to R. (standing): the Earl of Dalkeith, the Duke of Buccleuch, the King, the Duke of Gloucester, George II of the Hellenes, the Marquess of Cambridge. (seated): Lady Margaret Alexander (who stood proxy for General Sir Harold Alexander), Princess Margaret, Lady Sybil Phipps, the Queen, the Duchess of Gloucester with baby Richard, Queen Mary, Princess Marie Louise, Princess Elizabeth. (seated in front): Prince Michael and Princess Alexandra of Kent and Prince William of Gloucester.

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"Regal Lookalikes: Uncanny Resemblances Among Royal and Imperial Figures"✨️🌞❤️‍🔥🤍

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@princesscatherinemiddleton’s Royal Fandom Summer 2024 Photo Challenge

Day 4: Favourite photos of royals with flowers

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True Alice loaf 🍞

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Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (neé Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott) on her wedding day, 1935, 📷 Madame Yevonde. As well as being the longest living royal (1901 - 2004) the photo is one of the first royal colour photographs.

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Princess Alice with her second daugther, Elizabeth, later Grand Duchess of Russia, 1864-1865.

Darmstadt, November 7, 1864 | The little daughter was but a momentary disappointment to us, which we have quite got over. We console ourselves with the idea that the little pair will look pretty together.

November 20, 1864 | Louis's mother is to be godmother, because it is customary here to ask someone of the name the child is to receive to stand on the occasion. We liked Elizabeth on account of St. Elisabeth being the ancestress of the Hessian as well as the Saxon House.

November 26, 1864 | I am very well and very careful; all people say I look better, and have more colour than I have had for long, and, indeed, I feel strong and well, and by fat Baby does perfectly, and is a great darling.

November 29, 1864 | I ought to mention the christening. My mother-in-law held Baby all the time, and it screamed a great deal. Victoria stood with us and was very good, only kneeling down and tumbling over the footstool every two minutes, and she kept whispering to me, 'Go to Uncle's.' I thought so much of the christening last year, when Victoria behaved much better than her larger dark sister. Ella measured twenty-three and a half inches a fortnight ago, and she had not grown then.

Kranichstein, July 10, 1865 | Ella already says, since some time, 'Papa' and 'Mama' and calls herself, and crawls, and is very forward and merry - such a contrast to Victoria, who is so pale and fair, and now thin, for Ella's eyes are so dark blue, and her hair of such a rich brown, that you would never take the little things for sisters. They are very fond of each other, and so dear together, that they give us much peasure. I would not change them for boys, if I could; this little pair of sisters is so nice, and they can be such friends to each other.

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Queen Elizabeth and Princess Alice, by Philip de Laszlo.

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Portraits of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna wearing uniform of the chief of the 5th Hussar Alexandria regiment, Tsarkoye Selo, 1911.

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