Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004)

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Oh my Goddddddd!!!!!!Because i haven't gone to the Internet for 3 days,so i cant know it!Princess Alice is one of my favourite British Royal Ladies!Love her!!!!Maybe she had gotten a lot of problems with her health because of her ages.Her grand daughter has just married for 3 months!Oh!!!!Very sad news!

[Elspeth]

I wonder if she was able to understand about Lady Davina's wedding. It'd be nice to think that she was aware that two of her grandchildren had married in the last couple of years.

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Does anybody have pictures of Princess Alice in the recent years?Please p ay a tribute for an elegant ,Princess Alice,Dowager Duchess of Gloucester.

[Martine]

Here you go...

pictures from www.gettyimages.com and http://pro.corbis.com

[Martine]

more Princess Alice pics

[Elspeth]

Here's a set of pictures from the BBC News site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/3967471.stm

[micas]

What is her age, 103?

[Elspeth]

Nearly 103. She was born on Christmas Day 1901.

[HMQueenElizabethII]

I used to thought that about the 103th birthday of Princess Alice.It might be very wonderful.But.....I was really very socked when i heard that Princess Alice has died.Princess Alice was very rarely attend/appear on some Royals Anniversary such as Queen Mum birthdays,Queens Golden Jubilee....But she is really an elegant lady!

[Jackswife]

She had a great long life, and died peacefully with her family around here. A classy end for a classy lady. Rest in peace!

[Denis]

What is interesting also is that Princess Alice was in her time one of the inner royal circle. At the time of her marriage she ranked directly after Queen Mary and the Duchess of York in terms of seniority of royal ladies. And after the abdication and succession of George VI, the Gloucesters were the most senior adult royals after the King, Queen and Queen Mary. The fact that the Duke of Gloucester was also a potential regent in the event of the early death of the king made their position even more prominent. They were very supportive in their role.

The present Queen no doubt appreciated the efforts of her aunt. Perhaps this contributed to the decision to allow Alice in widowhood to be entitled Princess Alice Duchess of Gloucester as opposed to The Dowager Duchess of Gloucester or The Princess Henry, Duchess of Gloucester.

Other points of note.

Princess Alice was also the last surviving memeber of the grandcildren and grandchildren-in law of Edward VII.

I believe that in terms of Queen Victoria's family there are now 9 surviving great-granchildren-in-law and 2 surviving great-grandchildren.

Princess Alice was also the last surviving member of Queen Victoria's family born before the death of King Edward VII.

[liv]

1 November 2004

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL OF HRH PRINCESS ALICE, DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN

The funeral of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester will take place on 5 November at 11am in St George's Chapel, Windsor. The funeral will be private, attended by The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, and the Princess's family and friends, and will not be a State occasion.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Mourning

Royal Mourning was observed on Saturday, 30 October and will be observed on Friday, 5 November.

The Queen and members of the Royal Family will be carrying out official engagements during this time.

Flags

Flags were half-masted on Saturday, 30 October, and will be half-masted on Friday, 5 November, the day of Princess Alice's funeral.

Condolence messages

Condolence books are open at the State Apartments, Kensington Palace (10.00 to 17.00).

Condolence e-mails may be sent to the Royal web site at www.royal.gov.uk.

Charitable donations

People wishing to make charity donations in memory of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester may wish to contribute to the Order of St John (the Ladies' Guild), Priory House, 25 St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4PP, of which Her Royal Highness was Patron.

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Did The Queen Mother attend Princess Alice's 100th birthday?And did Princess Alice attend Queen Mum's 90th birthday,100th birthday,Queen Mum and Princess Margaret's funerals,or The Queen's Golden Jubilee?I hadn't seen any pics of her in the recent years.I only seen her pics on her 100th and 101th birthday.

[Elspeth]

I think one of the pictures in Martine's post 42 shows the Queen and Princess Margaret with the Gloucesters during Princess Alice's 100th birthday celebration (or at least during a photo session for it). I gather she was pretty much housebound for a number of years and didn't attend any of the Royal Family's official events recently. I'm not sure how long it is since she was seen at any of them; I'm pretty sure she didn't accompany the rest of her family to the Wessex wedding in 1999 or Diana's funeral in 1997.

[sara1981]

i found out my forums in Prince William's about Princess Alice's passed away at Kensington Palace where Princess Diana's old home before halloween on October 29,2004 she is first older British.

her family havent annoucement about her funeral yet! she is Aunt of HM Queen 2 and HM Queen really saddened about her Aunt's passed away if HM Queen would plans go funeral or not wait and see.

if you have articles about Princess Alice's death and includes Hello magazine articles too.

Sara Boyce

[Elspeth]

Sara, there's already a thread about Princess Alice here:

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004)

It discusses her death and the funeral arrangements. To avoid duplication, I'm going to close this thread, so you should post any further comments on the other thread.