COLORED Glass Magic Lantern Slide DCC PRINCE AND PRINCESS ALICE UK 1925 CAPETOWN for Sale

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COLORED Glass Magic Lantern Slide DCC PRINCE AND PRINCESS ALICE UK 1925 CAPETOWN For Sale

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COLORED Glass Magic Lantern Slide DCC PRINCE AND PRINCESS ALICE UK 1925 CAPETOWN:
$1426.51

EXTREMELY RARE ROYAL PICTURE!
Life in the Royal Family
COLORED Glass Magic Lantern Slide DCC PRINCE AND PRINCESS ALICE UK 1925 CAPETOWNInitially the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester lived at the Royal Pavilion in Aldershot, where the Duke was taking the Army staff course.[13] The Duke of Gloucester left the army to take on more public duties following the abdication of Edward VIII in December 1936. The couple received a grace and favour residence at York House, St James\'s Palace[7], London and, in 1938, they purchased Barnwell Manor in Northamptonshire.[13] The Duchess suffered two miscarriages,[6] before giving birth to two sons:[13]
Prince William of Gloucester (18 December 1941 – 28 August 1972)Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 26 August 1944)The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester travelled extensively, undertaking various engagements. During World War II, the Duchess worked with the Red Cross and the Order of St John.[14][1] She became head of the Women\'s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1939 as Senior Controller, changed to Air Commandant on 12 March 1940,[15] and appointed Air Chief Commandant on 4 March 1943, when she took over as director until August 1944. When the WAAF became the Women\'s Royal Air Force (WRAF) in 1949, she was appointed an Air Chief Commandant (equivalent to Air vice-marshal) in the new service on 1 February 1949.[16] She was promoted to Air marshal on 1 September 1968,[17] and to air chief marshal in the Royal Air Force on 23 February 1990.[18] She also served as deputy to Queen Elizabeth, the consort of George VI, as Commandant-in-Chief of the Nursing Corps.[1]
From 1945 to 1947, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester lived in Canberra, where the Duke was serving as Governor-General of Australia.[1][19]
The Duchess of Gloucester served as Colonel-in-Chief or deputy Colonel-in-Chief of a dozen regiments in the British Army, including the King\'s Own Scottish Borderers, the Northamptonshire Regiment, the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester\'s Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire), the Royal Anglian Regiment, the Royal Hussars, and the Royal Irish Rangers (27th Inniskilling); also, the Royal Corps of Transport.[20] She was also the Chancellor of the University of Derby and Patron of the Girls\' Day School Trust and Queen Margaret College.[1]
In 1965, while returning from Winston Churchill\'s funeral in their vehicle, the Duke suffered a stroke which resulted in a car crash, with Prince Henry being thrown out of the car and the Duchess \"suffering facial injuries\".[4][6]
WE HAVE MANY SLIDES!!
I LEAVE THE CLEANING SLIDES TO THE ARCHIVISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERTS