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On This Day In Royal History . 6 November 1935 . Prince Henry married Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott . 👑 Prince Henry was the third son of King George V & Queen Mary. Lady Alice was the daughter of John Montagu Douglas Scott, the 7th Duke of Buccleuch, Scotland’s largest landowner, & Lady Margaret Bridgeman. . ◼ The couple were married in a private ceremony, in the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, on 6 November of that year. A much more elaborate wedding was originally planned for Westminster Abbey; but after the new Duchess of Gloucester’s father died of cancer on 19 October 1935, & in consideration of the King’s (George V) own failing health, it was decided that the wedding should be scaled down to a more private setting. . ◼ Alice’s bridemaids were her sister the Lady Angela Montagu-Douglas-Scott, her nieces, the Lady Elizabeth Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Miss Clare Phipps, Miss Anne Hawkins, her husband’s nieces Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) & Princess Margaret of York, her cousin Miss Moyra Montagu-Douglas-Scott & her husband’s cousin the Lady Mary Cambridge. . ▪ Prince Henry became the Duke of Gloucester, & Lady Alice became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester. . ◼ Although it was cold & wet, a crowd estimated to be over one million people lined the streets from the Palace to the railway station to see the couple off on their honeymoon. Alice was often referred to as the “Winter Princess” from then on. . ◼ Initially, the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester lived in Aldershot, where the Duke was taking the Army staff course. In 1935, the Duchess took a trip to open the new grounds of The Lady Eleanor Holles School. The Duke of Gloucester left the army to take on more public duties following the abdication of King Edward VIII in December 1936. The couple received a grace & favour residence at York House, St James’s Palace, London & , in 1938, they purchased Barnwell Manor in Northamptonshire. The Duke & Duchess had two sons: . ▪ Prince William of Gloucester (b.18 December 1941 – d.28 August 1972) . ▪ Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 26 August 1944) . . #D6Nov (at Buckingham Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHQ9k3-D66I/?igshid=pq931yla8vww

On This Day In History, . 6 November 1935 . Prince Henry married Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott . . 👑 Prince Henry was the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. Lady Alice was the daughter of John Montagu Douglas Scott, the 7th Duke of Buccleuch, Scotland’s largest landowner, & Lady Margaret Bridgeman. . ◼ The couple were married in a private ceremony, in the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace . The Portrait includes; . Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004) . 'Bridesmaid', Lady Angela Christine Rose Dawnay (née Montagu Douglas Scott) (1906-2000) . 'Bridesmaid', Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II (1926-) . King George V (1865-1936), Reigned 1910-36 . 'Bridesmaid', Clare Margaret Hadow (née Phipps) (1920-2006), Wife of David George Hadow; daughter of Charles Bathurst Hele Phipps and Lady Sybil Anne Montagu Douglas Scott . 'Bridesmaid', Anne Hawkins, Daughter of Sir Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins and Lady Margaret Ida Montagu Douglas Scott . Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) . 'Bridesmaid', Princess Margaret (1930-2002), Daughter of George VI; Countess of Snowdon . Queen Mary (1867-1953), Queen consort of King George V . 'Bridesmaid', Lady Elizabeth Diana Percy (née Montagu-Douglas-Scott), Duchess of Northumberland (1922-2012) . 'Bridesmaid', Moyra Eileen Smiley (née Montagu-Douglas-Scott) (1919-2011) . 'Bridesmaid', Lady Mary Ilona Margaret Whitley (née Cambridge) (1924-1999) . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1935 #RoyalWedding #PrinceHenry #DukeofGloucester #PrincessAlice #DuchessofGloucester #HouseofWindsor #RoyalFamily #BritishMonarchy #D6Nov #Wedding #Royals #WeddingDress #QueenElizabethII #GeorgeV #QueenMary #RoyalHistory #BritishRoyals #RoyalWedding #ElizabethII #TheQueen #PrincessMargaret #buckinghampalace #GeorgeV #KingGeorgeV (at Buckingham Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ipbFHgbl-/?igshid=1xdz36919r7i8

On This Day In History . 6 November 1817 . Princess Charlotte of Wales died after giving birth to a stillborn son. . . About Charlotte; . ◼ Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, born 7 January 1796 was the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later to become King George IV) & Caroline of Brunswick. . 👑 Had she outlived both her grandfather King George III & her father, she would have become Queen of the United Kingdom, but she died following childbirth at the age of 21. . ◼ Charlotte's parents disliked each other from before their arranged marriage & soon separated. The Prince of Wales left most of Charlotte's care to governesses & servants, but only allowed her limited contact with the Princess of Wales, who eventually left the country. As Charlotte grew to adulthood, her father pressured her to marry William, Hereditary Prince of Orange (later King of the Netherlands), but after initially accepting him, Charlotte soon broke off the intended match. . ◼ This resulted in an extended contest of wills between her & her father, & finally the Prince of Wales permitted her to marry Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (later King of the Belgians). After a year & a half of happy marriage, Charlotte died after giving birth to a stillborn son. . ◼ Charlotte's death set off tremendous mourning among the British, who had seen her as a sign of hope & a contrast both to her unpopular father & to her grandfather, whom they deemed mad. As she had been King George III's only legitimate grandchild, there was considerable pressure on the King's unmarried sons to find wives. . ▪ King George III's fourth son, Edward, Duke of Kent, fathered the eventual heir, Victoria, who was born 18 months after Charlotte's death. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1817 #CharlottePrincessofWales #PrincessCharlotte #HouseofHanover #History #BritishMonarchy #D6Nov Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 (at Surrey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4iVh4CAdOd/?igshid=9tn9rwl3l0cg