Wednesday, July 8, 2009
"we're not robots," says Princess Alice
July 8, 1933
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, declared today that "we're not really robots." The princess protested "against the public tendency to extraordinary physical endurance on the part of members of the royal family," reports the Canadian Press.
The Princess, who is a first cousin to King George, and Queen Mary's sister-in-law, took part in the ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the Hospital for Sick Children. The Princess was filling in for Princess Mary, who was once a nurse at the hospital. Princess Mary, who is the King's only daughter, was "obligated to cancel all engagements for a time to take a rest."
Queen Mary today canceled a visit to the National Rose Society's show, due to the heat.
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