Lady Alice Egerton by Yevonde

Lady Alice Egerton (1923 - 1977), British courtier from the Egerton family.
Lady Alice was the youngest child of the 4th Earl of Ellesmere and his wife, Violet. In 1949, she replaced her sister, Lady Margaret Colville, as a Lady-in-Waiting to the then Princess Elizabeth and became a Woman of the Bedchamber in 1953. Lady Alice never married and remained in service to the Queen for the next 24 years.
In 1977, she was found dead in her home near Flodden Field in Northumberland as a result of suicide. Her picture featured in The Sketch magazine at the time she was about to accompany the Queen on the royal tour of Australia and New Zealand

Bedchamber Courtier Egerton Jan24

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