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Mary, Princess Royal (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965) was a member of the British royal family. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary , the sister of kings Edward VIII and George VI , and aunt of Elizabeth II .
Mary Baker (née Willcocks; 11 November 1792 (alleged), [2] Witheridge, Devonshire, England – 24 December 1864, Bristol, England) was an English impostor. Posing as the fictional Princess Caraboo , Baker pretended to come from a far-off island kingdom and fooled a British town for some months.
Mary determinedly refused to acknowledge that Anne was the queen or that Elizabeth was a princess, enraging King Henry. [36] Under strain and with her movements restricted, Mary was frequently ill, which the royal physician attributed to her "ill treatment". [ 37 ]
Mary of York (1467–1482), daughter of Edward IV of England; Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496–1533), daughter of Henry VII of England; Mary of Woodstock 14th century english Princess and Nun; Queen Mary I of England (1516–1558), known as "Princess Mary" before her accession; Princess Mary of England (1605–1607), daughter of James VI and I
The then Mary Donaldson was 28 years old and working as a real estate agent when her chance meeting with the Danish prince occurred at a Sydney pub during the 2000 Olympics. He was at the Games to ...
Princess Victoria Mary of Teck was born on 26 May 1867 at Kensington Palace, London, in the room where Queen Victoria, her first cousin once removed, had been born 48 years and two days earlier.
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (25 April 1776 – 30 April 1857) was the eleventh child and fourth daughter of King George III and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She married her first cousin, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh , when both were 40, and was his widow in later life.
Each story has its feet firmly planted in the real world, but serves as an epicenter for swirling fantasies. In one story, "The Lizzie Borden Jazz Babies," Sparks makes use of a tragic plot point that sets off many classic fairy tales – the untimely death of a protagonist's parent – and applies it to the father instead of the mother.