Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood

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Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood | Unofficial Royalty

The only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary was born on April 25, 1897, in the year of the Diamond Jubilee of her great grandmother Queen Victoria, at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate. She was the third of the six children of her parents who were the Duke and Duchess of York at the time of her birth. The new baby was named Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, but was always known as Mary.

Mary was christened on June 7, 1897 at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham. Her godparents were:

Queen Victoria (her great grandmother)
The Princess of Wales (her paternal grandmother, later Queen Alexandra)
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck (her maternal grandmother)
Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia (born Dagmar of Denmark, her paternal great aunt)
Princess Victoria (her paternal aunt)
King George I of Greece (born William of Denmark, her paternal great uncle)
The Prince of Wales (her paternal grandfather, later King Edward VII)
Prince Francis of Teck (her maternal uncle)

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Princess Mary was born on the same day, April 25th, as her grand aunt, Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine. Alice was given as one of her middle names.

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Princess Mary attended the Girl Guide Rally in 1937.   
The Princess Royal At Torquay (1937) - YouTube

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Princess Mary with the Duke of Windsor         
Southampton - Princess Royal And Duke Of Windsor Arrive To See Queen Mary (1953) - YouTube

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In the 1922 wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles, one of the bridesmaids was a Princess Maud.   
Who was Princess Maud?

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I believe that bridesmaid was Maud of Fife, the younger daughter of the Duke of Fife and princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII. The King was determined that his granddaughters Fife  would be HRHs, not merely have the status of Duke's daughters, and Letters Patent were issued granting them this.

Maud married the Earl of Southesk in 1923. She and her husband lived very simply in the country, running an estate and very modern farm that was innovative for the time. She had one son James who died a couple of years ago. King Edward's daughters and granddaughters weren't a very fertile bunch. One child, occasionally two, was the norm.

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I'd say that 2 children was the nrom for most people including the upper classes from the early 20th C.  (Unless they needed ot have a male heir and went on till they had a son)... but I gather that once there was some "semi reliable" form of contraception, and the upper and middle classes had access ot it, the size of familes went down very much..

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Princess Mary inspected thousands of Girl Guides in 1929. She was their Chief. 
Princess Mary (1929) - YouTube

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Princess Mary attended a christening at Harewood in 1951.   
Christening At Harewood (1951) - YouTube

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Princess Mary in a photograph of Four Generations:   
Queen Alexandra, her grandmother   
King George V, her father   
Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles,   
George Lascelles, her son   
Queen Alexandra with her son, granddaughter and great-grandson | Queen mother, King george and Princess mary

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Princess Mary inspected the guard of honour of the First Aid Nursing Yeromanry at York Minster in 1937.   
Princess Royal Mary Harewood , Countess of Harewood, only daughter of... News Photo | Getty Images

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Princess Mary of York with her dog   
Princess Marys Dog 1 Stock Photo: 56720404 - Alamy

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Princess Mary visited wounded soldiers at the Star and Garter Hospital in 1917.   
Princess Mary, later Countess of Harewood, only daughter of King Stock Photo: 105342887 - Alamy

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Princess Mary's wedding to Viscount Lascelles was the first royal wedding to be covered in Vogue magazine.