Dame Jean was at one time a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, patron of the Dandie Dinmont Club, a breed of dog named after one of Sir Walter Scott's characters ; and a horse trainer, one of whose horses, Sir Wattie, ridden by Ian Stark, won two silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Prince Louis of Battenberg and their four children Princess Alice of Battenberg, Louise, George and Louis. Lord Mountbatten was born as His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg, although his German styles and titles were dropped in 1917.

His maternal grandparents were Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, who was a daughter of Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort.

His siblings were Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark ( mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ), Queen Louise of Sweden, and George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven.

* 1862 – Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

Instead of Flip or the Princess, Nemo meets Zorro, Alice and Jules Verne's Nautilus ( which was led by Captain Nemo ).

Narrated by Anton Lesser, with Geoffrey Whitehead as Death, Carl Prekopp as Mort, Clare Corbett as Ysabell and Alice Hart as Princess Keli, the programme was first broadcast in four parts in mid-2004 and has been repeated frequently, most recently on BBC7.

; 1843: Birth of The Princess Alice

; 1877: The Princess Alice becomes Grand Duchess of Hesse when her husband succeeds as Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

The Princess Alice dies.

* December 5 – Princess Alice of Battenberg ( b. 1885 )

* December 25 – Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ( died 2004 )

* February 15 – Princess Alice of Battenberg ( d. 1969 )

** Princess Alice, the second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine.

* December 14 – Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine ( b. 1843 )

* April 25 – Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, third child of Queen Victoria ( d. 1878 )

Margaret's last public appearances were at the 101st birthday celebrations of her mother in August 2001, and the 100th birthday celebration of her aunt, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, that December.

Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, From White House Princess to Washington Power Broker.

* The Most Hon The Marquess of Milford Haven ( great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria through her daughter The Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine )

* The Rt Hon The Countess Mountbatten of Burma ( Lord Milford Haven's first cousin once-removed, great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her daughter The Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine )

* HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ( widow of HRH The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and mother to the present Duke of Gloucester )

******** HRH Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone ( 1883 – 1981 )

******* HRH The Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine ( 1843 – 1878 )

In 1701, senior living representatives of lines passed over in favor of Sophia included Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans, Louis Otto, Prince of Salm and his sisters, Anne Henriette, Princess of Condé, Benedicta Henrietta, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Sophia's sister Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate.

* 1776 – Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh ( d. 1857 )

* 1906 – Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent ( d. 1968 )

* 1848 – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria ( d. 1939 )

* 1876 – Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse ( d. 1936 )

* 1954 – Princess Friederike of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

* 1898 – Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois ( d. 1977 )

He is succeeded by his daughter The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh ( now Elizabeth II ), who is on a visit to Kenya.

** Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, British royal, eldest daughter of Edward VII ( b. 1867 )

* June 21 – Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg ( d. 1851 )

** Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent ( b. 1906 )

** Sarah, Duchess of York, British Princess and former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York

** Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, eldest grandchild of King Edward VII ( b. 1891 )

* March 18 – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria ( d. 1939 )

* December 25 – Princess Alexandra of Kent, daughter of The Duke and Duchess of Kent

* February 17 – Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany, ( d. 1922 )

* April 23 – Princess Louise of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Baden ( b. 1838 )

The younger daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York ( second son of King George V and Queen Mary, and later King George VI ) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York ( later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ), and sister to The Princess Elizabeth NB.

* May 13 – Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg ( b. 1788 )