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Queen Victoria’s granddaughter Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, lived into her 80s and bridged nearly a century of royal history

GSAP Staff / March 30, 2026

On a grey London afternoon, the kind that flattens the colours of Buckingham Palace into dull stone, a black‑and‑white photograph sits on a desk. In...

Royal duty or royal burden: how Queen Victoria’s granddaughter Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, lived into her 80s, quietly shaped a century of monarchy and still splits opinion on whether she was a selfless public servant or an entitled aristocrat

GSAP Staff / March 30, 2026

On a cold March morning in 1969, a tiny, stooped woman in a sensible coat was helped into a car outside Kensington Palace. Few people...