DLA099-0073  Transcription

‘The Royal Silver Wedding: Princess Alice’, Illustrated London News, 23 February 1929

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MARRIED ON FEBRUARY 10, 1904: H.R.H. PRINCESS ALICE, COUNTESS OF ATHLONE, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Princess Alice, who celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of her wedding on February 10, is the daughter of Prince Leopold, first Duke of Albany, fourth son of Queen Victoria, and was born on February 25, 1883. Her husband is the third son of the late Duke of Teck and the late Duchess of Teck, daughter of the first Duke of Cambridge. By Royal Warrant dated July 14, 1917, he discontinued the use of the style and title of “Serene Highness” and “Prince,” and assumed the surname of Cambridge. He was created Viscount Trematon and Earl of Athlone in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He served in Matabeleland in 1896; in South Africa in 1899-1900; and during the European War, 1914-1918. He was appointed Governor-General of Canada in 1914, but did not take up the duties. In 1923 he became Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and High Commissioner for South Africa, and was reappointed as from January last.

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02/08/2009