Funeral Prince Andrew Of Greece And Denmark
Her royal highness princess cecilie of greece and denmark was the third eldest sister to prince philip the duke of edinburghher father was the grand prince andrew of greece and denmark and her mother the princess alice of battenberg.
Funeral prince andrew of greece and denmark. December 10 1969 the funeral of prince philips mother princess andrew of greece and denmark took place today at st. Philip was born on 10 june 1921 on the greek island of corfu at mons repos the only son of prince andrew of greece and denmark and princess alice of battenberg who already had four daughters. Prince andrew of greece painting by philip de laszlo 18691937 public domain. The funeral was held in darmstadt and for the first time in seven years the family was reunited including andrew and alice who hadnt seen each other since alices committal.
Queen elizabeth iis husband prince philip the duke of edinburgh had a mother who was born profoundly deaf and a father who was actively aggressively bisexual. His wife had returned to greece his home country which andrew had come to hate by then. Although typically seen as british today philip was born as prince of greece and denmark. He was a grandson of christian ix of denmark and father of prince philip duke of edinburgh.
On 3rd december 1944 prince andrew of greece and denmark dragged his last breathe at the age of 62 in monte carlo. 2 february os. Prince andrew of greece and denmark greek. His father prince andrew of greece was a disgraced military commander charged with treason for.
She was born in tatoi greece as the third child and daughter of prince andrew of greece and denmark and princess alice of battenberg. Cecilie was the third child and daughter of prince andrew of greece and denmark and princess alice of battenbergshe was born on 22 june 1911 at the summer estate of the greek royal family at tatoi fifteen kilometres north of athensalthough her given name was cecilie she was known to her family as cecile. He led a life of ignorance depression loneliness before finally dying wishing to see his family together one last time. 20 january 1882 3 december 1944 of the house of schleswig holstein sonderburg gluecksburg was the seventh child and fourth son of king george i of greece and olga constantinovna of russia.
She usually went by cecile. November 10 1882 prince andrew of greece. Theodora princess of greece and denmark. The service was conducted by the dean of windsor assisted by the very reverend archimandrite gregory theocharous the chancellor of the greek orthodox archdiocese of thyateira and great britain.
Princess cecilie of greece and denmark 22 june 1911 16 november 1937 was the sister of prince philip duke of edinburgh. On 22nd june 1911 she was born at the summer estate of the greek royal family at tatoi. Who was princess cecilie of greece and denmark.