Here is a group picture of the wedding of Philip and Elizabeth:
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Which lady is the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven?
Was one of Victoria's children premature? Louise or George?
It's quite strange that she was the one who made the "lesser" marriage, for lack of a better way of putting it, to a morganatic royal, whereas her sisters married into the all-powerful Russian and German royal families ... and then look how it all turned out. There's a story, which as far as I know is true, about Queen Mary cancelling her plans so that she could go and comfort Victoria when the news came about the Romanovs being assassinated, which I think was very kind and showed what good friends they were. They must both have been really pleased when their grandchildren got married.
Her sister Irene married out of love to Heinrich of Prussia and had a long and happy marriage despite loosing one of their sons as a young boy to hemophilia. Neither of the couple were impressed by court life and lived rather simply at their estate in Hemmelsmark.I think she was the only one of the four who had much common sense, to put it bluntly. There was no way she was going to get stuck in a royal marriage. She was pragmatic, down to earth, friendly, tolerant and understanding of others. Anne reminds me of her very much.
I have an image in my head of Victoria and Mary going antiquing, they must have been a hoot (and probably a bit overwhelming) to be around, those poor shopkeepers [emoji3]
Her sister Irene married out of love to Heinrich of Prussia and had a long and happy marriage despite loosing one of their sons as a young boy to hemophilia. Neither of the couple were impressed by court life and lived rather simply at their estate in Hemmelsmark.
Though not an intellectual like her sister they both seem to have shared amicable personalities and strength of character to bear all the tragedies that befell both them and their close family members. The descendants of Alice and Ludvig were an ill-fated bunch to say the least.
I got a trust fund from Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine.
According to her granddaughter Pamela Hicks she sent a letter to Lloyd George asking permission to take the four grand duchesses in but had that request denied.Victoria wrote a thank you letter to King Alfonzo of Spain for example, praising his efforts to save Nicholas and his family, and contrasting that with George V's response.