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Princess Alice rocks

Earlier this week I posted about Princess Alice, later Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark. If you haven’t gone to rate Alice’s dress, please do so now! (or at least after reading this post). Whether or not you agree with Alice’s fashion taste, it’s hard not to be amazed and impressed by her life. Alice, the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the mother of Prince Phillip, was born 25 Feb 1885. Early in her childhood it became apparent that Alice wasn’t learning to speak, and her grandmother finally realised that Alice was deaf. This didn’t stop the determined princess from learning to speak and lip read in English, German, French, and later, after she fell in love with Prince Andrew of Greece, Greek In 1903, Princess Alice married Prince Andrew, and devoted the rest of her life to charity work. Really. And not just your usual ‘pretty princess visits cutest children in hospital ward charity’. Serious charity. During the Balkan Wars, Alice worked as a nurse, earning international commendation. Following the wars, Greece went through …