Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (née The Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, 25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004) was the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. Alice was thus the sister-in-law of King George VI and Edward VIII.
Through marriage, Alice became a paternal aunt to Queen Elizabeth II. Through her paternal uncle, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Herbert Andrew Montag...
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Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (née The Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, 25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004) was the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. Alice was thus the sister-in-law of King George VI and Edward VIII.
Through marriage, Alice became a paternal aunt to Queen Elizabeth II. Through her paternal uncle, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Herbert Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott, Alice was also first cousin to Marian Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, the grandmother of Sarah, Duchess of York. Princess Alice's niece, Princess Alexandra of Kent, who was likewise born on Christmas Day, shares the name Christabel in honour of their shared birth date.
Lady Alice was born, in Montagu House, Whitehall, London, on Christmas Day 1901 as the third daughter of John Montagu Douglas Scott, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Bridgeman. She is therefore a descendant, in an unbroken...
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