Queen Mary of Teck – Consort of King George V Born at Kensington Palace in 1867, Mary was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck, a German nobleman and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge ...

Pictured with his fiancée, Princess Mary of Teck. The Prince, who could best be described as ‘challenged’, died shortly after the picture was taken and the Princess married his younger ...

This marks a historic milestone, as no Princess of Wales has held this privilege since Mary of Teck. Notably, even Princess Diana did not receive this prerogative during her marriage to Charles.