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Princess Helena Victoria died at Fitzmaurice Place, Berkeley Square on 13 March 1948. [6] She died at the age of 77, the same age at which her mother, Princess Helena, had also died. The Princess's funeral took place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor on Wednesday 17 March 1948 at 11:30am. [7]
- She Had A Rocky Beginning. Poor Princess Helena’s life started off on the wrong foot. Helena was born on May 25, 1846, but she wasn’t exactly the healthiest of the royal babies.
- She Nearly Did The Queen In. Who was that woman? None other than the mighty Queen Victoria, Helena’s illustrious mother. Giving birth to Helena was so difficult that the Queen—who once chastised her husband for wanting to take more than two days off for their honeymoon—had to put a pause on her royal duties to recover from the ordeal.
- She Fought For Attention. Helena grew up with a whopping eight royal siblings, and the rivalry between them was intense. As a kid, Helena’s brothers teased her relentlessly, but this little girl was no shy wallflower.
- She Was A Jack Of All Trades. If you thought her relationship with her brothers needed work, wait until you hear about Helena’s intense sibling rivalry with her sisters.
The royal family dropped all Germanic titles in 1917, and Helena became simply Princess Helena Victoria. Suffering ill health and confined to a wheelchair after World War II, one of her last major public appearances was at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Philip Mountbatten in 1947.
Death of Prince Albert. Helena's father, Prince Albert, died on 14 December 1861. The queen was devastated, and ordered her household, along with her daughters, to move from Windsor to Osborne House, the queen's Isle of Wight residence.
Prince Christian died in 1917, a year after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary together, and Helena died six years later in 1923 aged 77 and was buried in Frogmore Garden Windsor beside her husband Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.
Princess Helena survived him by five years dying at Schomberg House on Pall Mall, on 9 June 1923 and was originally interred in the Royal Vault at St George's on 15 June 1923, her body was later reburied at the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore. Helena and Christian's only grandchild was Valerie Marie, the illegitimate daughter of their second son ...
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