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Princess Alice's mother noticed that she was slow in learning to talk, and became concerned by her indistinct pronunciation. Her grandmother, Princess Battenberg, identified the problem and took Alice to see an ear specialist. She was diagnosed with congenital deafness.
Queen Elizabeth and Hidden Deaf History. As we reflect today on Queen Elizabeth’s long and amazing life, I wanted to share the story of her Deaf mother-in-law, the first great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Her name was Princess Alice of Battenberg (after marriage, named Princess Andrew of Greece).
A Hessian princess by birth, she was a member of the Battenberg family, a morganatic branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was congenitally deaf. She lived in Greece until the exile of most of the Greek royal family in 1917.
Jul 6, 2018 · While on a visit to Israel, Prince William (second heir to the throne following Queen Elizabeth II’s reign) spoke fondly of his deaf great-grandmother, Princess Alice, and the life she led. Princess Alice of Battenberg – great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria – was born deaf in 1885.
Jun 3, 2019 · Between 1885 and 1969 a princess lived in Europe who was admired for her beauty, for her generosity and for her renunciation of wealth and privileges in favour of the most disadvantaged people. Her name was Alice of Battenberg and she was born profoundly deaf.
Nov 15, 2019 · A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Philip’s mother was born as Princess Alice of Battenberg at Windsor Castle in 1985, and was born congenitally deaf. She met her husband, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1902 at the coronation of King Edward VII, with the two marrying a year later.
Nov 18, 2019 · Holocaust hero. Princess Alice helped save a Jewish family from the Holocaust by sheltering them in her Athens palace during the Nazi occupation of Greece. She is said to have used her deafness...
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