Princess Alexandra, The
Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25
December 1936) is a member of the British royal family.
At the time of her birth, she
was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne and as of
January 2022, she is 57th.
Princess Alexandra opened the
new hospital in Harlow, Essex, named in her honour on 27 April 1965.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust was announced by the Prime
Minister, Boris Johnson, in September 2019 to be part of the government’s
new health infrastructure programme to build a new hospital.
Princess Alexandra served
as Chancellor of Lancaster University from its foundation
in 1964 until she relinquished the post in 2004 (when she also accepted an
honorary degree in Music). She also served as the first Chancellor of the University
of Mauritius.
She is also an honorary fellow of the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the Faculty of Anæsthetists of the Royal
College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists, and the Royal College of Physicians. She is also
the President of Alexandra Rose Day, which was founded in honour of her
great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra. She was also a patron of The
Royal School, Hampstead. The Princess was president of WWF-UK until
2011.
Until it was abolished in
2013, Princess Alexandra received £225,000 per year from the Civil List to
cover the cost of official expenses, although as with the other members of
the royal family (except the Duke of Edinburgh) the Queen repaid this amount to
the Treasury. Alexandra lives at Thatched House Lodge in Richmond,
London, a Crown property purchased on a 150-year lease from the Crown Estate
Commissioners by Sir Angus Ogilvy after their wedding in 1963. She also has use
of a grace-and-favour apartment at St James’s Palace in London.
