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# A woman in a nun's habit among personages in crowns and diamonds: Alice of Battenberg, mother of Prince Philip and founder of the sisterhood of Greek Orthodox nuns, the Order of Martha and Mary, at the coronation of her daughter-in-law, Elizabeth II
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/zhenshchina-v-monasheskom-odeianii-sredi-osob-v-koronakh-i-brilliantakh-osnovatelnitsa-sestrinskogo-ordena-greko-pravoslavnykh-monakhin-marfy-i-marii-mat-printsa-filippa-alisa-battenber/
- Published: 2023-10-08T08:09:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:35:38.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Aristocracy, Faith, London, Monarchies, People

A woman in a nun's habit among personages in crowns and diamonds: the founder of the sisterhood of Greek Orthodox nuns, the Order of Martha and Mary, Prince Philip's mother, Alice of Battenberg, at the coronation of her daughter-in-law, Elizabeth II. At birth Alice received the title of Princess of Battenberg; after her marriage she became Princess of Greece and Denmark; and from 1949 until the end of her days she was also called Mother Superior Alice

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