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Mary, Princess Royal (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965) was a member of the British royal family. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, the sister of Kings Edward VIII and George VI, and aunt of Elizabeth II.
Sep 3, 2021 · It was Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee year, hence the tribute to her in the baby’s name, but Mary was in honour of her maternal grandmother Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck, who was beloved by the public and had recently survived a health scare.
May 13, 2024 · She was colonel-in-chief of The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s), the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals and the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. She also represented her niece Queen Elizabeth II on three official tours of Canada in 1955, 1962 and 1964.
HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Scots In 1918 King George V announced that his 21 year old daughter, the Princess Mary, would be appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots.
Feb 28, 2017 · Today, however, marks the anniversary of her wedding to Henry Lascelles, Earl of Harewood in 1922, and so we’ll take this opportunity to take a quick look at her life. Mary was born on April 25, 1897 to George, Duke of York and his wife, Mary of Teck, Duchess of York at York Cottage on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
After a funeral at York Minster, she was interred in the Lascelles family vault at All Saints' Church, on the Harewood estate. Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary of Teck, was born on 24 April 1897 at York Cottage at Sandringham in Norfolk.
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VANDYK (ACTIVE 1881-1943) Princess Mary (1897-1965), later Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood. 1920. RCIN 2806831. Half-length portrait of Princess Mary, almost in profile to the left, wearing her nurse’s uniform. Signed and dated.
