About Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, was a member of the British royal family. She was the longest-lived princess of the blood royal, and one of the longest-lived British royals. Princess Alice was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria, the sister-in-law of Queen Mary, and the first cousin of Queen Mary's husband, King George V, and was the sister of Charles Edward the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Princess served as Viceregal Consort of both the Union of South Africa and of Canada. King George V granted her husband the Earldom of Athlone in 1917, during the First World War, following the royal family's relinquishing of German titles. When she was four years old, a burglar broke into Clarence House through Alice's bedroom window on the first floor, having used a ladder from a nearby farmhouse. Alice was godmother to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who is the granddaughter of her first cousin on her mother's side, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
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