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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon who later became Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, pictured at the age of two, circa 1902. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon who later became Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, pictured at the age of two, circa 1902.  (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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circa 1895: Alice, Princess of Greece, (1885 - 1969), daughter of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, wife of Prince Andrew of Greece and mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She was born Princess Alice of Battenberg, a great grand-daughter of Queen Victoria. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1895:  Alice, Princess of Greece, (1885 - 1969), daughter of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, wife of Prince Andrew of Greece and mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.  She was born Princess Alice of Battenberg, a great grand-daughter of Queen Victoria.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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circa 1870: Mary of Teck (1867 - 1953) formerly Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck, who was born in Kensington Palace and married Prince George in 1893, to become Queen Mary in 1910, as a toddler. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1870:  Mary of Teck (1867 - 1953)  formerly Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck, who was born in Kensington Palace and married Prince George in 1893, to become Queen Mary in 1910, as a toddler.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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circa 1875: Children of the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt: Ernst Ludwig (1868 - 1937), later Grand Duke; Victoria of Hesse (1863 - 1950), later wife of Louis Battenberg (Mountbatten) and 1st Marquess of Milford Haven; Elizabeth of Hesse (1864 - 1918), who married Sergei, Grand Duke of Russia; and Alexandra (1872 - 1918), who married Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1875:  Children of the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt: Ernst Ludwig (1868 - 1937), later Grand Duke; Victoria of Hesse (1863 - 1950), later wife of Louis Battenberg (Mountbatten) and 1st Marquess of Milford Haven; Elizabeth of Hesse (1864 - 1918), who married Sergei, Grand Duke of Russia; and Alexandra (1872 - 1918), who married Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Princess Alice (1843 - 1878), the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and future Grand Duchess of Hesse, with Eos, Prince Albert's greyhound, 1844. An engraving by R. Josey after a painting by Sir Edwin Landseer, RA. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Princess Alice (1843 - 1878), the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and future Grand Duchess of Hesse, with Eos, Prince Albert's greyhound, 1844. An engraving by R. Josey after a painting by Sir Edwin Landseer, RA. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)