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Nov 16, 2022 · Today marks the 85th anniversary of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh’s beloved sister, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, who was killed while eight months pregnant in a plane crash that also claimed the lives of six others.
Princess Alice of Battenberg. Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark ( Greek: Καικιλία, romanized : Kaikilía; 22 June 1911 – 16 November 1937) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess who became titular Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine through her marriage to Prince Georg Donatus, pretender to the throne of the Grand ...
- 23 November 1937, Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany
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Nov 10, 2022 · Prince Philip’s sister Cecilie died in an airplane crash in 1937. Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark was the sister of Prince Philip, and she died in an airplane crash in 1937, aged 26 ...
Apr 13, 2021 · The Tragic Death Of Prince Philip's Sister, Princess Cecilie. Prince Philip was no stranger to tragedy. As a prince of Greece and Denmark, a military coup in 1922, reports BBC, forced his family to flee to Italy. In the following years, Vogue notes, his mother was institutionalized for a mental breakdown, later diagnosed as schizophrenia, and ...
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Apr 15, 2021 · Princess Cecilie of Denmark and Greece died while flying from Germany to London for a wedding after the aircraft crashed into a factory building and blew up in flames. Everybody on board was killed, including the royal's husband and her two sons. At the time, 16-year-old Prince Philip was at Gordonstoun, a private boarding school in Scotland.
Join us on a poignant journey as we unravel the extraordinary life of Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, a figure whose story is etched with love, trage...
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