Princess Mary has a noble identity. She is the daughter of the British monarch, the sister of the British monarch, and the aunt of the British monarch, but even in the memory of the British monarch, she is basically ignored.
Her life can be said to be the "princess who redefines modern roles" for the British royal family, laying the foundation for the success of Wales Princess Diana and the Duchess of Cambridge.
only daughter
Princess Mary is the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary of England, the sister of King George V of England, and the aunt of Queen Elizabeth II of England.
s0 is the first child to be trained and engaged in nurse work in the British monarch, the first female principal of a British university, and the first female honorary general of the British army.
Although Princess Mary's life began in the Victorian era, where the princesses had great limitations, she worked hard to make the princess' life meaningful.
She uses her lofty status to help those who are unlucky and strives to establish the image of women in society in the process.
Mary was born in 1897 at York Lodge in Sandringham Manor, Norfolk. The picture below is a photo of the mother Duke of York Lady holding Mary, who is still a baby.
When she was born, her great-grandmother Queen Victoria was the British monarch, and her grandfather Edward VII was the heir to the throne. Her status is similar to Prince William's daughter Princess Charlotte today.
Princess Mary is the third and only daughter of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary of England.
The following photos are from left to right: the eldest brother Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII ), the fourth brother Prince Henry, Princess Mary, King George V, the second brother Prince Albert (later George VI), the Queen Mary , and the fifth brother Prince George .
When she was born, she was the fifth heir to the throne and witnessed six monarchs in her lifetime - including her niece Princess Elizabeth ascend the throne in 1953.
Her father, the future George V, was very strict with his children, and his sons were very afraid of him, which intensified the stuttering of the second son Prince Albert, the well-known story of the future King George VI.
But the relationship between the father and daughter is always subtle. He is obviously not so strict with his only daughter, Princess Mary. In letters from his father George V and his mother, Queen Mary, he called her "a cute little butterfly."
Mary and her brother are close, especially the eldest brother Edward and the second brother Albert . It was these two brothers who became the kings of England one after another, Prince Edward (later Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936 for his marriage to Wallis Simpson ) and Prince Albert (later George VI).
devoted to charity
During World War II, Princess Mary devoted herself to charity and received training as a pediatric nurse, and later worked on Great Ormond Street.
In 1918, when she was 21st birthday, she asked her father for a rather unusual gift: allowing her to be trained and serve as a pediatric nurse. The king agreed and ordered her to be sent to Great Ormond Street in a carriage every morning.
Her brother Prince Edward once said, it’s a pity that my sister is not the heir to the throne because she is much smarter than me.
Another achievement of her during the war was Princess Mary's gift fund, which gave soldiers and sailors a Christmas gift worth £100,000 in 1914.
A gift jar of Princess Mary containing cigarettes, tobacco, pipes and lighters was sent to the hands of 2.5 million people fighting on the front line. This was a huge feat at the time.
During World War II, she was the commander-in-chief of the Auxiliary Territory Service and visited the wartime canteens and welfare facilities.
Marry into the manor
When her brothers all wanted to get married quickly in order to escape from her strict father, Princess Mary insisted on being an old virgin, on the one hand because her mother wanted her to stay at home, and on the other hand because it was difficult to find a suitable man to marry the king's daughter.
However, at the age of 24, she met the right person, who married Viscount Lasellus, 39, who was the heir to the Harwood Manor, which attracted a large number of audiences at the time due to her marriage to the princess.
At the time, her sister-in-law was one of her bridesmaids, the first royal wedding reported by Fashion magazine. This sister-in-law is George VI's wife, Queen Elizabeth's mother.
Her marriage to Rasellus is a loving marriage, and the two have two sons in total.
As a married royal princess, she could have easily retired from public life and turned to the wife of a wealthy nobleman, but Princess Mary's strong sense of responsibility prompted her to continue her public affairs for the next 40 years.
html For more than 0 years, she has been committed to improving girls' education. She became the president of Leeds University in 1951. When she died of a heart disease in 1965, she also served as a patron of more than 50 charities and organizations.
After the end of World War II, she continued to carry out official work for the royal family, including the celebration of independence in Trinidad and Tobago in 1962 and Zambia in 1964, and in 1941, she publicly donated blood to encourage other donors. Her responsibility caused her to conflict in the 1936 royal abdication crisis. Princess Mary is a "deeply rooted letter writer" who maintains close contact with her brothers.
1936 December 21, Princess Mary wrote to her brother: "My dear David, I have been thinking about you, especially in the last few weeks..."
"I'm surprised that you abandoned everything, even the throne, but as others, it's often difficult to understand the feelings of the parties involved, especially their own family. I hope you don't feel lonely."
When Princess Mary wrote to her elder brother, for his love, the British king Edward VIII had just abdicated, and the allusion of "not loving the country and loving beauty" comes from this.
This incident made Princess Mary feel dilemma between her loyalty to her brother and her responsibility to the royal family.
She has always supported her elder brother and strongly opposed those actions that exclude him from family incidents. What is most noticeable is that when Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip in 1947, Mary refused to attend on the grounds that Edward was not invited.
Shortly after abdication, Princess Mary went to Vienna to visit her brother, the only siblings who visited him in the years since his abdication.
She also regularly writes to her poor little epilepsy brother Prince John, who is locked up in a remote farm. As the youngest son in the family, he died of illness at the age of 13, which made her sister Princess Mary very sad.
Important role
When there are six children in a family and only one girl, the role she plays among the five brothers and her position among the five brothers is self-evident. The picture below shows Princess Mary and the five brothers.
In Princess Mary's lifetime, one of her brothers abdicated and her two younger brothers unfortunately died early. As a woman in the family, she played more roles.
In 40 years of public affairs services as a female royal family member, Princess Mary has accumulated a lot of experience and has also established a "modern princess" in the UK for the people-friendly and good image.
And these lights and shadows laid the foundation for the success of her juniors - Princess Elizabeth before ascending the throne, later Princess Anne , as well as Princess Diana of Wales, Duchess of Cambridge Catherine .
