Author: Shanjia
On September 8, local time in the United Kingdom, the Queen of England passed away. Some people say that this old lady who has been on standby for a long time has been elegant all her life. Today's heroine, but the queen's mother-in-law, Prince Philip's birth mother, Princess Alice, was magnificent when she was young, and after marriage, she experienced ups and downs, but she still became a philanthropist with a sunny heart...
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Queen Victoria of The United Kingdom is known as the grandmother of Europe, while Princess Alice is her great-granddaughter.
Alice's father, Prince Mountbatten, the first Minister of the Seas of The United Kingdom; Mom is Hesse. Princess Victoria of the Grand Duchy of the Rhine.
As the eldest daughter in the family, Alice is deeply loved by her parents. Heaven made a bad joke with Alice's parents, their precious daughter Alice, but suffering from congenital deafness.
Fortunately, the mother is more open-minded, deafness is not easy to treat, then learn lip language. Clever and clever, Alice quickly learned English. Surprisingly, her France and Germany are not to mention. God has closed a door for you and opened a window for you.
In her spare time, Alice is the most reading child in the family, with a poetic and bookish temperament, and her temperament is otherworldly among many princesses, and she is the most eye-catching.
At the coronation of Edward VII in England, Alice met Prince Andres of Greece. The same descendant of Queen Victoria, the two fell in love at first sight. A year later, Alice put on a white wedding dress and became the bride of a Greek prince.
Prince Andrés, the fourth son of the then King of Greece, was more than N princes away from his succession to the throne. As a princess, Alice is very fond of Greek culture, and she abides by the duties of the princess and devotes her kindness and enthusiasm to local charity.
Prince Andres was in love with Alice, and they had four thousand golds and a son. The youngest one is Philip. Philip inherited his mother's high appearance from an early age, which was enough to make Elizabeth fall in love at first sight at the age of 13, which is a later story.
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Happy days are always short, and the royal family is no exception. Greece and Turkey went to war, and Prince Andres himself came to the front line to fulfill his responsibilities for the country in the smoke of war. In the end, Greece was defeated, a coup d'état occurred in the country, King Constantine I abdicated, and Prince Andrés was thrown into prison and faced the fate of being shot.
Fortunately, Alice had a strong backing, and King George V of England dared to rescue her, so Prince Andres's family left Greece by boat. Prince Philip, on the other hand, was loaded into a large wooden box and carried on a ship, and the family settled in France.
From the ruling royal family to the fallen nobility, Prince Andrés could not find the heart of the year, he took up his mistress, and lingered in the drunken gold fans. His wife and children have all been left behind by him, and if they are drunk and drunk, they will be happy and happy.
Facing the five children under her knees, Alice must be mentally beaten. Although she had the help of rich relatives, the day of palm-up was a shame for Alice. The Greek royal family is fluttering, her husband is obsessed with flowers, a bottomless life, Alice is deaf and anxious, and day after day she has mental problems.
In 1930, Prince Philip returned from a picnic, only to find his mother missing. After the grandmother explained, the mother was sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment. The doctor who treated Alice was none other than the famous Freud, who unceremoniously electrocuted Alice.
After escaping from the mental hospital, Alice received another major blow. In 1938, the three daughters cecilia's family suffered an air crash. Alice's meeting with her husband and children at the funeral of her relatives is no longer the affection of the past, but the difference between words and speculation.
Alice decides to return to Greece alone, heeding her heart's call to devote what little jewelry she has left to charity. World War II broke out and Greece was occupied by Germany. During the extraordinary period, Alice began to work for the Red Cross and took in a jewish family, hiding them in her attic and surviving.
Later, in order to thank Alice, the Israeli government specially awarded her the honorary title of "Righteous Man", which is also the highest praise of the Israeli nation for foreign life-saving benefactors.
Years later, speaking about her mother's behavior, Philip confessed: "I don't think she ever thought there was anything special about her behavior. She is a religious person who would think that this is a completely natural human behavior towards her compatriots in distress. ”
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In 1947, Alice welcomed the engagement of her son Philip to Princess Elizabeth. As a mother, Alice felt guilty that she was trapped in a mental hospital at a time when her son needed her mother's love and care the most.
This time, for the happiness of her son, Alice resolutely took out the crown given by her aunt at her big wedding, and removed the gems on it, made a ring and bracelet, and gave it to her future daughter-in-law Elizabeth.
This engagement ring has become Elizabeth's favorite because it is full of the mother-in-law's good wishes for the future life of her son and daughter-in-law. And the crown, Queen Elizabeth later gave to her daughter Princess Anne, which was her beloved little cotton jacket and was called by Prince Philip the most similar to his "eldest princess." "When Princess Anne's only daughter Zara got married, she wore the crown of the grandmother. History continues, and life is passed on...
In 1953, Princess Alice appeared at her daughter-in-law's coronation ceremony in the form of a nun. Her appearance surprised the princes and nobles who attended the ceremony, where did a bad old lady come from? They called it "the most unsavory secret of the British royal family.".
When the British royal family faced many crises, Princess Alice resolutely rushed to the forefront. Alice did not say much about her noble and miserable life experience. In the face of the injustice of fate, she did not have the slightest complaint and dissatisfaction, but more of piety, kindness and purity. The ones she talked about most were the orphans in the monastery, the homeless who were in desperate need of medicine and food.
After the interview was reported, Prince Philip shed tears several times. His mother, who was visiting Buckingham Palace, was once his concern, and he was afraid that her past of mental illness would affect the reputation and image of the British royal family. Today, the mother with a peaceful attitude has become the best spokesperson for the royal family image. For the last two years, Philip accompanied his mother. With the unique meticulousness and care of his son, he comforted this former princess who had a rough life.
When Princess Alice died in 1969, she donated all her fortune to charity. In a letter to her son, she wrote: My dearest Filizeng, be brave, remember that I will never leave you, and that you will find me when you need me most...