'The Crown' : The Truth About Prince Philip's Eccentric Mother Princess Alice
Prince Philip with his mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, in 1960.Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty One of the stand-out stories in season three ofThe Crownfocuses onPrince Philip’s eccentric mother Princess Alice. “She is the unheralded star of the show,” says Robert Lacey, the historical consultant for the Netflix series. Royal historian Hugo Vickers, author ofThe Crown Dissected, (excerpted inThe Times), says the show portrays Philip as being uncomfortable with his mother being in Buckingham Palace, and is reluctant to visit her in her room....