Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark / Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Σεσίλια της Ελλάδας και Δανίας) (22 June 1911 16 November 1937) was the wife of Hereditary Grand Duke George Donatus of Hesse and the sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Cecilie was the third child and daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. She was born on 22 June 1911 at the summer estate of the Greek Royal Family at Tatoi, fifteen kilometres north of Athens. Although her given name was indeed Cecilie, she was known to her family as Cécile.
On 16 November 1937, Georg Donatus, Cecilie, their two young sons, along with Georg's mother Grand Duchess Eleonore, left Darmstadt for London. The aeroplane hit a factory chimney near Ostend and crashed into flames, killing all those on board. Cecilie was eight months pregnant with her fourth child at the time of the crash, and the remains of her baby were found in the wreckage, indicating that Cecilie had gone into labour or suffered sufficient bodily trauma to result in birth.
Cecilie was buried with her husband, two sons and the stillborn child in Darmstadt at the Rosenhöhe, the traditional burial place of the Hesse family. Cecilie's daughter Johanna was adopted by Prince Ludwig and Princess Margaret; she died two years later from meningitis and is buried with her parents and siblings.

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[Mimijoy89]

it`s a nice video... she was beautiful...

what is the name of song??? is very nice

[lostsplendour]

@Mimijoy89 Thanks. the song is "Ulaid" by ES Posthumus.

[Neo93Mar]

She had to be so beautiful woman, she will remain forever in the memory of all.

Beautiful video.

Rest in Peace princess Cecilie.

[marym499]

She was beautiful!!!

[manuelherrera777]

What a beautiful woman.

Such a tragic death for such a young family.

[papoocanada]

this was, of course, Prince Philip's sister, thus aunt of Prince Charles, the prince of Wales.

[LadyRedeemer]

Thanks for the video. Desperately Sad.

[johneunson]

another gem. thank you. i didn't know any of this.

[8352731]

Such a beauty and such a tragedy ... again, a wonderful job. Thank you.