Episode four of The Crown season three shed light on a little known figure from royal history, Princess Alice of Battenberg, the mother of the Duke of Edinburgh. Titled ‘Bubakins’ for the Princess’s ...

William made a special mention of his great-grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, the mother of William's late grandfather, Prince Philip. Princess Alice, whose remarkable life was played out ...

"I was recently reminded of my great-grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, who lived in Athens during the Second World War," Prince William said in a video shared by the Daily Mail on Instagram.

One of his “favorite anecdotes” was shared by a woman who worked at Buckingham Palace in the 1950s when the late Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was a resident.