Truth is a challenging point in all colorful life stories. This one tells of the tumultuous life of an earthly saint, whom some considered just an ordinary madwoman. Or was she merely a noblewoman struggling against the harshest conditions? Princess Alice recounts the eventful and surprising life of the high-born Alice of Battenberg, the grandmother of British King Charles III. Her fascinating intelligence – born deaf, she read lips in five different languages – along with her overwhelming erotic desire combined with her almost fanatical relationship with God made Alice of Battenberg a threat to all those who wanted to preserve a traditional image of women in royal circles. Her family turned away from her and placed her in one of the early psychiatric institutions, from which she escaped at great risk. From then on, she lived in profound solitude in Greece, where she ran a soup kitchen for the poorest. However, this higher calling was also swept away when Greece experienced a military coup in the late 1960s. The great character artist Irene Dische, who never strips history of its relevance, brings Princess Alice vividly to life. She tells the story of a woman whose intellect, zest for life, and determination scratched at the icy walls of a royal family dynasty – leaving traces that we can still glide our hands over today. Fast-paced, witty, and deeply human, Irene Dische unfolds her fine storytelling art magnificently. For fans of The Crown and Bridgerton. Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. The oldest story in the world told as relevant as ever.