Death of Mary ~ Princess Royal & Countess of Harewood

Death of Mary ~ Princess Royal & Countess of Harewood

Princess Mary was born on 25th April 1897 at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.

Born during the reign of her great-grandmother Queen Victoria, she was the third child and only daughter of the future George V and Mary of Teck.

On 28th February 1922, Princess Mary married Viscount Lascelles.

Princess Mary and Lord Lascelles had two sons~
George Lascelles born 7th February 1923
Gerald Lascelles, born 21st August 1924

The Princess Royal was particularly close to her eldest brother, the Prince of Wales, known as David to his close family, who subsequently became Edward VIII, upon the death of their father in 1936.

After the abdication crisis, she and her husband went to stay with the former Edward VIII, by then created Duke of Windsor, at Enzesfeld Castle near Vienna.

In November 1947, she allegedly declined to attend the wedding of her niece Elizabeth, to Philip Mountbatten, as her favourite brother, the Duke of Windsor had not been invited.

She gave ill health as the official reason for her non-attendance.

After her husband’s death in 1947, the Princess Royal lived at Harewood House with her elder son and his family.

She attended the coronation of her niece Elizabeth in June 1953.

On 28th March 1965, the Princess Royal suffered a fatal heart attack during a walk with her elder son, Lord Harewood, and his children in the grounds of the Harewood Estate.
Mary was 67 years old.

She was buried next to her husband in the Lascelles family vault at All Saints Church, Harewood.
A memorial service was held at Westminster Abbey, London.

Six British monarchs reigned during Princess Mary’s lifetime~

Victoria, her great-grandmother.

Edward VII, her grandfather.

George V, her father.

Edward VIII, her brother.

George VI, her brother.

Elizabeth II, her niece.