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2004-10-30 Britain

Princess Alice, Oldest British Royal, Dies

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-30 5:45:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Talk about pre-911, jeez this is pre 8/1914.

Won't see her like again.

/wilson

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-30 11:19:50 AM|| 2004-10-30 11:19:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Condolences to our UK friends.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-10-30 11:30:45 AM|| 2004-10-30 11:30:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Seafarious - thanks for the sympathy, but I have to say it: Princess Who?! Anyway, RIP Alice. Good innings.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-10-30 12:21:01 PM|| 2004-10-30 12:21:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I think Shipman is right - we won't see her like again.

I just hope Harry turns out to be more like her or his grandmother than like his father. But I'm not holding my breath.

My condolences too, Bulldog and other UK Rantburgers. Though she had probably been out of the public's eye for some time (considering her age), she sounds like she was a good person and a responsible royal.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-10-30 12:43:52 PM|| 2004-10-30 12:43:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 ....Respects and Sympathies to the Cousins. She was born a Royal in an age when they still commanded armies and power, and by all accounts she lived up to the job.
Think about it - she heard first hand what it was like when Grandmama Victoria was not amused. She would have been old enough to see the Empire fight for its life not once but twice...and she lived long enough to see us find other planets around other stars. That, ladies and gents, was someone to be cherished.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-10-30 4:10:27 PM|| 2004-10-30 4:10:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The old standard was that a true lady only appeared in the newspapers on the occassion of her birth, marriage and death. It's a bit limiting, that is--- no scope for a Nobel Prize in medicine, or flying around the world, single-handed, or all sorts of other amusing and ground-breaking achievements. Still, I'll bet it was a standard the royals devoutly wish was still a doable proposition...

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2004-10-30 11:24:20 PM|| [http://www.sgtstryker.com] 2004-10-30 11:24:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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