The King of Greece and Princess Marie Louise joined the Royal Family and Godparents to celebrate the Christening of Prince Richard of Gloucester at Windsor Castle on this day in 1944, 80 years ago, shortly before the Duke of Gloucester became the Governor-General of Australia.
Prince Richard of Gloucester, the second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and the Duchess of Gloucester, was christened by the retired Archbishop of Canterbury at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park, followed by a Reception at Windsor Castle.
Richard was baptized at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park by the retired Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang. His godparents were his paternal aunt, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Marie Louise (his cousin), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (his grandaunt, for whom her daughter, Lady May Abel Smith stood proxy), the Duke of Buccleuch (his maternal uncle), the Marquess of Cambridge (his cousin), Lady Sybil Phipps (his maternal aunt), and General the Earl Alexander of Tunis (for whom his wife, then Lady Margaret Alexander, stood proxy). Because of the War, newspapers did not identify the precise location of the christening, saying only that it took place at “a private chapel in the country”.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (in the Prince Albert’s Sapphire Brooch), Queen Mary (wearing the Cambridge Pearl Brooch), King George II of the Hellenes, Princess Elisabeth, Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra and Prince Michael of Kent, Princess Marie Louise, the Duke of Buccleuch, Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Dalkeith
The Royal Family attended the christening of Prince Richard of Gloucester, younger son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, at Windsor Castle, where this group picture was taken after the ceremony. Left to right, back row: The Earl of Dalkeith, nephew of the Duchess of Gloucester, his father, the Duke of Buccleuch, brother of the Duchess of Gloucester; the King, the Duke of Gloucester, King George II of the Hellenes, and the Marquess of Cambridge. Seated; Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, Lady Margaret Alexander, who acted as proxy for Sir Harold Alexander; Princess Margaret, Lady Sybil Phipps, the Queen, the Duchess of Gloucester and the baby Prince Richard, who was born on August 26; Queen Mary, Princess Marie Louise, and Princess Elisabeth in front; Prince Michael of Kent, Princess Alexandra of Kent, and Prince William of Gloucester,
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