A princess is a title that is often given to a child of a king or queen. Compared to a queen, who has more responsibilities and duties as a monarch, a princess is typically a carefree, childlike figure who doesn’t do much hard work or manual labor.
In a world of princesses, it’s easy to get swept up in the fantasy. But the truth of these characters is much stranger and bleaker than the fairytales they’re often based on.
During World War II, Princess Alice protected a Jewish family from the Nazis. She hid them in her house, using her deafness as a way to avoid being questioned by the Gestapo.
Her charity work during the war spanned several countries and helped countless families survive. She also organised soup kitchens for starving Athenians and smuggled medical supplies into Greece from Sweden.
She also founded a nursing order of Greek nuns called the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary. She later died in London, where she was buried at Buckingham Palace.
The Crown focuses on Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, but there’s another royal who is rarely mentioned in the series. Her name is Alice of Battenberg.
She was born with congenital deafness and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. She spent a long time in a sanatorium and eventually moved to Athens. She rescued Jews from the Nazis, worked with the Red Cross and smuggled supplies into Greece during the war. Her story is so incredible that it could easily have been turned into a movie, but The Crown chose to highlight a different chapter of her life instead.
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