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Although she was the daughter, sister and aunt of monarchs, Princess Mary has largely been neglected in the national memory.
But a new biography, the first one to be dedicated solely to the Princess Royal, hopes to change that by finally offering a detailed look at her life as well as never previously known information.
The Princess Mary: The First Modern Princess, set to be released on February 5, presents the British royal as the princess who redefined the role for the modern age , laying the foundations for the likes of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Duchess of Cambridge.
Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, was the first child of a British monarch to train and work as a nurse, the first female chancellor of a university and the first female honorary General of the British Army, according to Tatler.
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Esteemed royal biographer Hugo Vickers approves of Elisabeth Basfordâs biography of Princess Mary, the Princess Royal and the Countess of Harewood. Itâs praise indeed from someone with such a rich interest in the subject; after all, Vickers edited James Pope-Hennessyâs
The Quest for Queen Mary on the subject of Princess Maryâs mother.
Princess Mary: The First Modern Princess is the first full biography of Princess Mary (b. 1897), the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, who Basford argues redefined the role of âprincessâ for the modern age. Ysenda Maxtone Graham, who reviewed the book in the