She was born when Queen Victoria was on the throne, treated by Sigmund Freud, exiled from Greece , rescued Jews from the Nazis and eventually founded her own convent.
Created in 1913 to make the dressing process more practical, it was used by sailors, enraged the puritans and even reached the Moon. This invention also became part of the feminist debate, as back zippers took away women’s independence when it came to dressing
From suavely-dressed action man to tactful diplomat and tree-hugger in wellies Charles has played bewildering variety of roles in the course of his long wait to be King.
The Duke of Edinburgh s family history is a complex one, filled with trials, tribulations and tragedies. Two years on from the death of Prince Philip we look back at the lives of the women in his family.