Victorian Ladies 2/2 Princess Alice & Queen Victoria's Funeral

[MermaidBlueFins]

@menacinghat (edit) I ment 1976 not 73 :) So actually 35 years old.

[scob62]

ones relations from beyond the grave!

[counterhon]

@scob62 Your relations?

[scob62]

Thanks very interesting to see

[RiaLake]

Thank you so much for uploading, captivating!

[MrAaaaaaaaa1350]

The Victorians were fit

[laurelhill1]

This is beyond wonderful!!! Thank you so much for sharing these videos!!

[324wilson]

Thanks so much for posting this. A lost treasure!

[menacinghat]

how old is this footage?

[MermaidBlueFins]

@menacinghat This is Princess Alice the countess of Athlone. From what was said that she was 93 years old during the time of the interview. I'm assuming the footage is 38 years old (1973).

[princessofhesse]

a beautiful child, she was the daughter of the Queen's youngest son, Prince Leopold, who was an incredibe person in his own right and died much too young of the hemophilia he had inherited from his mother. the Princess Alice was a remarkable lady, her aunt, the Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, who died long before Alice's birth, is my favorite in royal history, also died tragically young.

[418sadeyes]

Is that John Brown bringing the Queen her Tea at 01:35?? This is beyond fascinating!!

It is unquestionably captivating!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!

[ourDC888]

Amazing! Thank you!

[santana160]

Brilliant, outstanding. Thank you for posting - I wish there had been at least ten episodes. Thank you.

[ThePingShowJL]

I read that prince Leopold named his daughter (here) Alice because he was in love with THE Alice Liddell who inspired alice in wonderland, but could not marry her because she wasn't of royal blood or whatever high class status she needed. He would of married Alice if she was at least a lady

[princessofhesse]

@ThePingShowJL I believe he most likely named her after his beloved older sister, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, but he did have feelings for Alice Liddell.

[bearcub410]

what a lovely woman , princess Alice looked a lot like queen Victoria , great clip thank you

[popazz1]

What a fascinating insight into the world of Victoria as remembered by a grand-daughter.Such a delightful old lady.And of course there can't be anyone left now who was around at the time of the queen's reign,well,not from her immediate family.A real pleasure to see this.

[arabbint]

wow Alice was so down to earth and she didn`t look 93 in this film!

[ChristinaCroft]

Wow!! Thank you for posting this!!!! :-)

[italoluder]

Too funny and sweet!

[jposh707]

Aww...she is too cute! I'm so glad they made this documentary.

[marcellaknerksy]

what's the name of the march playing when she is talking about kaiser wilhelm?

[ldyralazera91]

what a beautiful video

thanks for posting it

[garciarivero1]

Come' On now, cheerio...................

[Lismetdetu]

She is so lovely. Precious and adorable. Thank you for sharing..

[DuzAndyKnow]

I viewed quite a lot of these videos while researching for my show. While this show teaches us all some more information about Queen Victoria, in episodes 10 and 11 on my own channel you can view the other side of the coin. What happens when someone is hugely ignorant to learning about this subject. Hehe.

[DoodySNOT]

Why how sweet and pretty princess Alice was.

Charming!

[dayspook]

Thank you so much for sharing these videos they are an invaluable piece of history.

[Operamagnifico]

What wonderful rare footage of HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. She was such an interesting and lively member of the Royal Family who saw so much history. Thank you for sharing.

[thisfeverdream]

She's so adorable. <3

[zimnaya]

When Princess Alice was 18, very beautiful, at her first ball and wearing a low decollete, she recalled that Queen Victoria walked up to her rather perturbed, tapped her in the front of her frock with her fan, and hissed, rather shocked, "Dear child, wear a rose! - there! (indicating the low cut front of the ballgown) - there, my dear...for the sake of the footmen!" (who would walk behind her chair to serve the princess and would have a perfect view of the royal bosom...)

[ColumRogers]

What a lovely old lady. I think it's really nice that these things are on the internet for all to admire especially as this is of a generation long gone.

[324wilson]

Thanks for posting this...

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!

[aldernagon3]

I love how she talks about her cousin Kaiser Wilhelm being so arrogant and pompous. So funny.

Hell I think we all talk crap about our families sometimes.

[Resholden]

Beautiful! They don't make them like that anymore and think - that's a link to nearly 2 centuries ago!

[marym499]

This Lady is a Sweetie!! Sweet as sugar!! How cute!!

[counterhon]

@marym499 She is awesome. Her brother is a sad story. He was Duke of Coburg and a Nazi. I believe it was he who may've tipped of the Luftwaffe as to the location of the King's apartments in Buckingham Palace.

[SuzLa1]

@counterhon Even if he did, the people in high places didn't tell the average people they had the German code, so they knew where the bombs were going to go.

[KURarEp]

madame princess alice the longest lived princess of the blood (British) god bless this amazing woman!!!!

[stephenkennedy969]

I Love this i know here Great Grand-daughter lovely

[spiritchannel]

If I am correct, I believe that HRH Princess Alice had a seance with Leslie Flint, a great British Medium. I believe she was fond of Spiritualism.

[streetwhereulive]

Thank you for sharing this. It's so much fun.

[latehare1]

Interesting video of course but in my opinion it was the working classes that really experienced life as it really was.

It would be amazing if someone had interviewed a street urchin this way, a real life Artful dodger.

[nasilemak2008]

Dear Old Princess Alice. Wouldn't it be marvelous if we could have heard Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother talking about the old days. Why on earth do we spend so much time focusing on the bad old days as experienced by the lower orders and labouring classes? Far more interesting to hear from these quality people of class and breeding.

[ColumRogers]

My nana remembers her mother wearing the old corsets and such like. I never got a chance to quiz my other nana about her childhood but apparently it was very interesting.

[GinaToySculptor]

Please post more of these delightful videos! Thank you GW ! You are 'ripping' ! ;)

[Victoria37]

Wonderful ladies in both.

[IRENEJACOBI2]

love this.thanks for posting.

[lababoc]

is this Princess Alice of Athlone?

[06131974]

yes, it is HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

[MargaretLovesBabs]

No its not. Its Fanny Craddock the tv cook.

[creolelady182]

My grandmother who married in 1903 at the age of 18 told me at the age of 100 that she was glad to see women's fashion changed. She loved those COCO Chanel type skirt suits. She told me she got sick and tired of wearing those damn corsets and high necked long dresses. She loved those pant suits in old age. She told me that when she was young she could have never worn pants back in the day. She also wore makeup as well and then she started traveling and loved television.

[sheilarsnyder1412]

Wonderful! These ladies are from the same time as my great-grandmother and unfortunately she was gone before I could think of all the questions I would ask her if given the chance.

[Edmund24]

Thank you so much for posting this interesting video!!

[DrearSkaa]

My late grandmother's uncle who raised her with his wife from grandma was 3 (mother died) worked for the kejser. Grandma's uncle came to the U.S. around 1895 though. I've always loved human history, especially iron age - 1950s/early1960s. I can't choose an era but I try to encorporate 1930s-50s into my regular wardrobe. I want long hair for Victorian and earlier hairstyles though.

[mysticmagic4760]

Thank you for these two wonderful videos!They are treasures!! As are the ladies featured in them.