简介：ThelateQueenMotherwasoneofBritain'smostinstantlyrecognisablefigures,butfewofushaveevenheardoftheQueen'smother-in-law,PrincessAlice.Butherlifestoryalmostdefiesbelief.AgreatgranddaughterofQueenVictoria,PrincePhilip'smothermarriedintotheGreekroyalfamily,onlytoseetheGreekmonarchyoverthrownbyrevolution.Fleeingintoexile,shesufferedaseverenervousbreakdown.Shewaslockedawayinmentalhospitalsandsubjectedtoexperimentaltreatmentsbypsychiatrists,includingSigmundFreud.ThetraumahadashatteringeffectonPrincessAlice'smarriageandledtoafracturedchildhoodforheronlyson,PrincePhilip.Philip'smothereventuallyfoughtherwaybackfrommentalillness,andbecameanunlikelyheroofWorldWarII,riskingherlifetohideaJewishfamilyfromtheNazis.WhenhersonmarriedthefutureQueenElizabethin1948,Aliceturneddowntheoptionofacosyroyallife.InsteadshechosetodedicateherselftoworkingwiththepoorinGreece,gaveawayallherpossessionsandevenfoundedherownreligiousorder.Featuringexclusiveinterviewswithfamilymembersandpreviouslyunseenarchivefootage,thisfilmshedsnewlightononeoftheroyalfamily'smostremarkable,butleastknown,personalities.…