Royalty
ALICE SIGNS A PHOTO OF HER TWO SONS AS CHILDREN
ALICE
(née Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, 1901-2004, Duchess of Gloucester, wife of George V's son Henry)
Portrait Bromide Print Photo by Dickinson-Monteith of Melbourne
showing her two sons, Prince WILLIAM of Gloucester (1941-1972, killed in an air crash) and Prince RICHARD (born 1944, Duke of Gloucester) together, William is standing by a gilt decorated chair on which his infant brother is sitting, their mother has written their names underneath, 7¼ x 5¼ in folded photographer's card, Melbourne, Christmas
Item Date: 1945
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Background
In late 1944 the Duke was unexpectedly appointed Governor-General of Australia after the death in 1942 of his younger brother, the Duke of Kent, who had previously been offered the position. The Duke had made a successful visit to Australia in 1934. Because the Duke was shy, he sometimes appeared stiff and formal, but he and the Duchess travelled widely in Australia using his own plane during their time in office.
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