Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse NPG x45201

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Disdéri

The great-grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of Queen Elizabeth II. She had a reputation for sweetness of disposition, and was said to play the role of peacemaker in the often stormy royal household. In 1862 she married Prince Louis of Hesse; the couple lived at Darmstadt, Hesse and had seven children. An interest in child welfare led the princess to make the Neues Palais a centre of philanthropic activity. It was later learned that Alice carried and passed... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.