A truly remarkable, rarelytold story of the Queen's motherinlaw and Prince Philip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenburg. A woman born into a life of privilege in Windsor Castle, in the presence of her greatgrandmother Queen Victoria, her extraordinary life would be defined by struggle, tenacity and an indomitable generosity of spirit. She was born deaf and diagnosed with schizophrenia, yet she would learn to read lips in four languages and dedicate her life to helping others. Serving as a nurse on the frontline during World War II, sheltering Jewish refugees during the Holocaust and founding an order of nursing nuns in Greece, before finally coming to live at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth II.

This definitive documentary sheds new light on the strangerthanfiction story of Princess Alice, through rarely seen archive, and interviews with those who know her remarkable story best. It will also explore how her parenting and experiences shaped the modern British monarchy through her son Philip, and her own relationship with her daughterinlaw, Queen Elizabeth II.