One of the stand-out stories in season three of The Crown focuses on Prince Philip’s eccentric mother Princess Alice. “She is the unheralded star of the show,” says Robert Lacey, the ...

Prince Philip, who died at the age of 99 on Friday ... the haven the children had hoped for. In 1928, Philip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, became deeply religious and converted to ...

‘Marie’ is a nod to Princess Sofia’s mother, Marie Britt Rotman. ‘Lilian’ is likely in reference to Prince Carl Philip’s great aunt, Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland. A British model, ...