Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood

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{{Short description|British princess (1897–1965)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Mary
| title = {{unbulleted list|[[Princess Royal]]|[[Earl of Harewood|Countess of Harewood]]}}
| image = Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood.jpg
| caption = Formal portrait {{circa|1932}}
| birth_name = Princess Mary of York
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|04|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|3|28|1897|4|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Harewood House, Yorkshire]], England
| burial_date = 1 April 1965
| burial_place = [[All Saints' Church, Harewood, Yorkshire]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood]]|28 February 1922|24 May 1947|end=died}}
| issue = {{plain list|
* [[George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood]]
* [[Gerald David Lascelles|Gerald Lascelles]]}}
| full name = Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary
| house = {{unbulleted list|[[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (until 1917)|[[House of Windsor|Windsor]] (from 1917)}}
| father = [[George V]]
| mother = [[Mary of Teck]]
| signature = PrincessMaryPRSignature.svg
}}

'''Mary, Princess Royal''' (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965), was a member of the [[British royal family]]. She was the only daughter of [[King George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], the sister of kings [[Edward VIII]] and [[George VI]], and aunt of [[Elizabeth II]]. In the [[First World War]], she performed charity work in support of servicemen and their families. [[Wedding of Princess Mary and Henry Lascelles|She married]] [[Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood|Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles]] (later the 6th Earl of Harewood), in 1922. Mary was given the title of [[Princess Royal]] in 1932. During the [[Second World War]], she was Controller Commandant of the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]]. The Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood had two sons, [[George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood]], and [[Gerald David Lascelles]].

==Early life and education==
[[File:George, Duke of York, and his children.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Mary (second from right) with [[George V|her father]] and older brothers, [[Edward VIII|Edward]] and [[George VI|Albert]]. Photograph by her grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Alexandra]], 1899]]
[[File:Princess Mary in her coronet.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Princess Mary wearing her [[coronet]] in 1911]]
Mary was born on 25 April 1897 at [[York Cottage]] on the [[Sandringham House|Sandringham Estate]] in [[Norfolk]], during the reign of her great-grandmother [[Queen Victoria]]. She was the third child and only daughter of the [[George V|Duke]] and [[Mary of Teck|Duchess of York]]. Her father was the only surviving son of the [[Edward VII|Prince]] and [[Alexandra of Denmark|Princess of Wales]], while her mother was the eldest child and only daughter of the [[Francis, Duke of Teck|Duke]] and [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge|Duchess of Teck]]. She was named Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, after her paternal great-grandmother Queen Victoria;<ref>Clear, Royal Children, p. 78</ref><ref>''The Times'', 29 March 1965</ref> her paternal grandmother, [[Alexandra of Denmark|Alexandra, Princess of Wales]]; her maternal grandmother, [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge|Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck]]; and her great-aunt, [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom|Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine]], with whom she shared a birthday. She was known by the last of her Christian names, Mary. She was fifth in the [[Line of succession to the British throne|line of succession]] at the time of her birth, preceded by her grandfather, father, and elder brothers [[Edward VIII|Edward]] and [[King George VI|Albert]], though would later move down the line after the births of her younger brothers [[Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester|Henry]], [[Prince George, Duke of Kent|George]], and [[Prince John of the United Kingdom|John]].

She was baptised at [[St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham|St Mary Magdalene's Church]] near [[Sandringham House|Sandringham]] on 7 June 1897 by [[William Dalrymple Maclagan]], [[Archbishop of York]]. Her godparents were: the Queen (her great-grandmother); the [[George I of Greece|King of the Hellenes]] (her paternal great-uncle); the [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Dowager Empress of Russia]] (her paternal great-aunt); the Prince and Princess of Wales (her paternal grandparents); the Duchess of Teck (her maternal grandmother); [[Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom|Princess Victoria of Wales]] (her paternal aunt); and [[Prince Francis of Teck]] (her maternal uncle).{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}} Her grandfather ascended the throne in 1901 when Mary was three years old.

Princess Mary was educated by governesses, but shared some lessons with her brothers, Edward, Albert, and Henry. She became fluent in German and French, and developed a lifelong interest in horses and horse racing. Her first state appearance was at the [[Coronation of George V and Mary|coronation]] of her parents, [[King George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] at [[Westminster Abbey]] on 22 June 1911.

== Charity work ==
[[File:Queen Mary and Princess Mary.jpg|right|thumb|upright|The Princess (right) with her mother [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] during the [[First World War]] ]]
During [[World War I]], Princess Mary visited hospitals and welfare organisations with her mother;<ref name="NPG-Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp03001/princess-mary-countess-of-harewood|title=Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood|publisher=National Portrait Gallery|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> assisting with projects to give comfort to British servicemen and assistance to their families. One of these projects was [[Princess Mary Christmas gift box|Princess Mary's Christmas Gift Fund]], through which a total of £100,000 worth of gifts was sent to serving British soldiers and sailors for [[Christmas]], 1914,<ref name="NPG-Bio"/><ref name="House-Bio">{{cite web|url=https://harewood.org/about/blog/tagged/hrh-princess-mary/|title=A Christmas Legacy Continues|publisher=Harewood House|date=9 December 2014|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> (the equivalent of £{{Format price|{{Inflation|UK|100000|1914}}}} in {{Inflation/year|UK}} when adjusted for inflation).{{inflation/fn|UK}}
She took an active role in promoting the [[Girlguiding UK|Girl Guide]] movement, the [[Voluntary Aid Detachment|VADs]], and the [[Women's Land Army (World War I)|Land Girls]]. In June 1918, following an announcement in ''[[The Gentlewoman]]'', she began a nursing course at [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]], working two days a week in the Alexandra Ward.<ref name="NPG-Bio"/><ref>'Court Circular' in ''[[The Times]]'', issue 41826 dated 26 June 1918, p. 9</ref><ref name="nytimes1922">{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Alice S. |title=Princess Mary's Wedding Bells: England's Absorbing Interest in Preparations for her Romantic Marriage with Viscount Lascelles--Presents from People |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/02/05/98979247.pdf |website=New York Times |access-date=30 September 2020}}</ref>

In 1918 she was appointed colonel-in-chief of the [[Royal Scots]], this honour being bestowed by her father, the King.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2025 |title=Colonel in Chief, the Royal Scots |url=https://learning-hub.theroyalregimentofscotland.org/museum-highlights/people-of-interest/hrh-the-princess-mary-princess-royal-and-countess-of-harewood/ |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Regimental Museums Learning Hub}}</ref> On 20 November 1918, Princess Mary became the first member of the royal family to visit France following the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|Armistice]]. She visited centres associated with [[Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps|Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service]] or Voluntary Aid Detachment Units, and hospitals with wounded soldiers.<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 November 1918|title=To-night's Causerie: Princess Mary's Tour|page=9|work=The Globe|access-date=}}</ref> While visiting [[Ypres]] she spotted two soldiers from the Royal Scots. It transpired that the entire regiment was stationed there, and a march past and parade of the regiment's 17th [[battalion]] was arranged.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Curnock |first=Grace |date=6 December 1918 |title=With Princess Mary in France |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/?&ds_kid=43700030035922770&msclkid=0a2b34d0aaee1b2d9e885cd6ab339d0f&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand%20-%20Remarketing&utm_term=british%20newspaper%20archive&utm_content=ST_EXT_British%20Newspaper%20Archive&gclid=0a2b34d0aaee1b2d9e885cd6ab339d0f&gclsrc=3p.ds&gad_source=7 |access-date=17 January 2020 |work=The Yorkshire Evening Post |pages=5}}</ref> During her visit to [[Le Tréport]], she rode in a [[Whippet (tank)|whippet tank]], which the ''Yorkshire Evening Post'' described as a "great experience".<ref name=":0" />

Princess Mary's public duties reflected her concerns with [[nursing]], the [[Girl Guide and Girl Scout|Girl Guide]] movement, and the Women's Services.
In the period leading up to her marriage, girls and women in the British Empire named Mary or its variants (including Marie, May and Miriam) banded together to form "[[The Marys of the Empire]]," and donated money toward a wedding present.<ref>{{cite news|title=Et Cetera.|url=http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/31st-december-1921/22/el-cetera-among-the-marys-of-the-empire-who|access-date=1 October 2016|work=The Tablet|date=31 December 1921}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Princess Mary - The Gift from the Marys of the Empire|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19220131&id=QJdAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5781,3508597|access-date=1 October 2016|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=31 January 1922}}</ref> She presented this fund to the Girl Guides Association for the purchase of the estate of [[Foxlease]], and following the exhibition of her wedding presents, she also contributed half the proceeds to the same cause, for upkeep, a total of £10,000, which enabled the project to go ahead.<ref>{{cite news|title=How Queen Mary Is Spending the £12,000 Given To Her by the Marys of the Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VV04AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA956|access-date=1 October 2016|work=Illustrated London News|date=1 January 1911|page=956}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Ladies' Realm|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/89790780|access-date=1 October 2016|work=The Chronicle|date=10 July 1926}}</ref>

She became honorary president of the [[Girlguiding UK|British Girl Guide Association]] in 1920, a position she held until her death.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Basford |first1=Elisabeth |editor1-last=Seward |editor1-first=Ingrid |title=A Quiet Devotion to Duty |journal=Majesty |date=August 2020 |volume=41 |issue=8 |url=http://www.majestymagazine.com |access-date=30 September 2020 |publisher=Cliff Moulder |quote=The princess maintained her interest with the Girl Guide Association throughout her life, serving as president from 1920 until her death.}}</ref> In 1925 she received the [[Silver Fish Award]], Girl Guiding's highest adult honour, in recognition of her contribution to the movement.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 1925 |author= |title=Awards |magazine=The Guider |location=London, UK |edition=Vol. XII No. 139 |publisher=Girl Guides Association |page=188}} </ref> In 1958 she became the president of the [[Guide Club]].<ref>{{cite news |date=1963-03-20 |work=The Daily Telegraph |author= |title=St James's Palace |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/825587490/?match=1&terms=%22Guide%20Club%22%20Belgrave |page=16 |location=London, UK }}</ref>

It was reported in July 2013 that [[Pathé News|British Pathé]] had discovered newsreel film from 1927 in which the ancestors of [[Catherine Middleton]] are, as [[Lord Mayor]]s of [[Leeds]], playing host to Princess Mary at the Young Women's Christian Association in [[Hunslet]], Leeds; both [[Family of Catherine, Princess of Wales|Sir Charles Lupton]] and his brother [[Lupton family|Hugh Lupton]], were the uncles of [[Family of Catherine, Princess of Wales|Olive Middleton]], the Princess of Wales's great-grandmother.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ancestors of Kate Middleton found on film - greeting Princess Mary|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/blog/ancestors-of-kate-middleton-found-on-film/|publisher=British Pathe|access-date=17 October 2015|quote=Another film called 'Princess Mary' is from 1927 and it shows Kate Middleton's great-great-great uncle the Lord Mayor of Leeds Hugh Lupton and his wife Lady Mayoress Isabella Lupton greeting Princess Mary who had arrived in Leeds to inaugurate the Girls Week Campaign of Hunslet Young Women's Christian Association. Princess Mary was King George VI's sister and therefore is Prince William's great-great-aunt.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Footage found of Duchess of Cambridge's ancestors - meeting royalty|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/footage-found-of-duchess-of-cambridges-ancestors-meeting-royalty-8698340.html|location=London|work= Evening Standard |date= 9 July 2013|access-date=20 October 2015}}</ref>

In 1921, the Princess became the first patron of the [[Not Forgotten Association]], a position she held until her death in 1965. The charity's first Christmas Tea Party was organised by Mary and held at [[St James's Palace]] in 1921 when she invited 600 wounded servicemen for afternoon tea and the event has been held annually ever since.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/princess-royal-hosts-not-forgotten-associations-annual-christmas-tea-party|title=The Princess Royal hosts the Not Forgotten's Association's annual Christmas tea party|publisher=The Royal Family|date=8 December 2016|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> In 1926, Princess Mary became the commandant-in-chief of the [[British Red Cross]] Detachments.<ref>{{cite book| last1=Allison| first1=Ronald| editor-last1=Allison| editor-first1=Ronald| editor-last2=Riddell| editor-first2=Sarah| title=The Royal Encyclopedia| publisher=[[Macmillan Press]]| isbn=978-0333538104| date=1991| quote=(After her marriage in 1922) Princess Mary became the commandant-in-chief of the British Red Cross Detachments.}}</ref><ref name="NPG-Bio"/>

In the 1920s, she was a patron of the [[Leeds Festival (classical music)|Leeds Triennial Musical Festival]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lucas |first1=J. |title=Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music |year=2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U1hbfbg6zUMC&q=leeds+triennial+princes+mary+beecham&pg=PA183 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |access-date=20 September 2019 |page=183|isbn=9781843834021 }}</ref> By the 1940s, Princess Mary was attending the opening nights and many of the festival's performances, as was her son, [[George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood|George]], and his wife, the [[Marion Stein|Countess of Harewood, née Marion Stein]], a former concert pianist.<ref>{{cite news|title=Several well-known Leeds musical authorities tell of the opportunities afforded them to talk things musical to her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal|url=http://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=leeds%20music%20festival%20noel%20middleton&county=west%20yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1945&to=1949|work=Yorkshire Evening Post |location=West Yorkshire, England |date= 10 January 1949|access-date=20 September 2015|quote=...(Princess Mary) was concert-going in Leeds as recently as this week-end when (she) attended the concert. The Princess Royal is a patron of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival. During the last series in October, 1947, she attended most...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hoping for a Boy|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page3621289|work=The Barrier Miner |location=Broken Hill |date= 6 September 1950 |via= Trove|access-date=20 September 2015|quote=...the Countess plans to attend every night of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival...}}</ref> George was a noted music critic whose career included the role of artistic director of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Robert |last=Ponsonby|title=Lascelles, George Henry Hubert, seventh earl of Harewood (1923–2011)|date= January 2015 |id= 103948|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/dnb/103948.html}}</ref>

In 1931, she was appointed patron of the [[Yorkshire Ladies Council of Education]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood has consented to become Patron of the Yorkshire Ladies' Council of Education |url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=countess%20%20harewood%20lady%20%20clarke%20%20mrs%20%20noel%20%20middleton%20%20leeds&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1923&to=1939 |access-date=15 August 2019 |newspaper=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |location=Yorkshire, England |date=23 February 1931}}</ref> She was also patron of the Girls' Patriotic Union of Day Schools.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Basford |first1=Elisabeth |title=A Quiet Devotion to Duty |url=http://www.majestymagazine.com |publisher=Cliff Moulder |access-date=1 October 2020 |date=August 2020}}</ref>

[[File:1927 - Princess Mary leads local dignitaries in a procession in Headingley, Leeds.jpg|thumb|Princess Mary leads local dignitaries (including [[Middleton family|Olive Middleton]], in white hat and fur [[shawl]]) in a procession in Headingley, Leeds in 1927<ref>{{cite web |title=Garden Party, Headingley Cricket Ground |url=https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/94731 |publisher=Leodis - Leeds City council |access-date=19 May 2021 |quote=The Princess carries an impressive bouquet of carnations and trailing fern and is escorted by former Leeds Lord Mayor Sir Edwin Airey, of the building company, William Airey and Son Leeds Ltd. The Lady Mayoress, Isabella Lupton escorts the Princess's husband, Viscount Lascelles, who is behind his wife. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Hugh Lupton, Lady Clarke and Mrs R.X. [N.] Middleton bring up the rear of the procession.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw148114/Princess-Mary-Countess-of-Harewood |publisher=National Portrait Gallery|location=London |access-date=16 May 2021 |quote=On 27th July 1927, at the Headingley Cricket Ground, near Leeds, Princess Mary was photographed as guest of honour at a garden party. The procession of dignitaries which followed her included Charles Lupton's brother, Leeds Lord Mayor Hugh Lupton and his wife Isabella Lupton, the Lady Mayoress. Their niece, Olive Middleton (nee Lupton) was also photographed as one of the dignitaries in the procession walking behind Princess Mary. Olive had been on the Princess's fundraising committee for the Leeds Infirmary and her husband, Noel Middleton, had co-founded the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra with both the Princess and her son George Lascelles as patrons.}}</ref>]]

It was reported in July 1927 that at a garden party at the [[Headingley Cricket Ground]], the Princess was served [[afternoon tea|tea]] alongside dignitaries who included members of the [[Middleton family]]; Olive Middleton, great-grandmother of [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]], was one of them. The Princess and her son, [[George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood]], were patrons of the [[Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra]] which had played at [[Party#Soirées|soirées]] at their home, [[Harewood House]]. Attending these concerts was the orchestra's co-founder, [[Family of Catherine, Princess of Wales#Grandparents of Michael Middleton|Richard Noël Middleton]], who was on friendly terms with the Princess. Middleton's wife, Olive, was a member of the Princess's [[Fund-raising|fundraising committee]] for the [[Leeds General Infirmary]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tominey |first1=Camilla |title=Duchess of Cambridge's great-great aunt was a mental asylum patient - just like Prince William's great-grandmother |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/08/19/duchess-cambridges-great-great-aunt-mental-asylum-patient/ |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=UK Daily Telegraph |date=19 August 2022 |quote=...Gertrude was the wealthy sister of the Duchess of Cambridge's great-grandfather [Richard] Noël Middleton, a solicitor, director of the family's textile firm and - through his founding of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra and his directorship of the Leeds Music Festival - on friendly terms with the Queen's aunt, Princess Mary}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=COST OF £20.000 |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=princess%20mary%20%20mrs%20hugh%20%20%20lupton&county=yorkshire%2C%20england&from=1926&to=1927&page=2 |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer|location = Yorkshire, England |date=28 July 1927 |access-date=2 June 2021 |quote=Mr. Sutherland and his wife had the honour of being presented to the Princess, also the Deputy Lady Mayoress (Mrs Owen), the Misses Airey, Sir Charles and Lady Wilson, the Vicar of Leeds and Mrs. Elliott, Miss Lupton, Mr. H. C. Emhleton, Mrs. Ostler...served tea...beautiful programme of music...[Also, ''Leeds Mercury, 28 July 1927'' ...presented [to the Princess] were Sir Charles and Lady Wilson, the Rev. W. Thompson Elliott and Mrs. Elliott, the Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Sutherland, Mr. C. Embleton (the founder of the Leeds Choral Union), Lady Coward, Lady Clarke...Mrs Ostler, Alderman and Mrs. Ratcliffe, Miss Owen..]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw148114/Princess-Mary-Countess-of-Harewood |publisher=National Portrait Gallery, London |access-date=16 May 2021 |quote=On 27th July 1927, at the Headingley Cricket Ground, near Leeds, Princess Mary was photographed as guest of honour at a garden party...Their niece, Olive Middleton (nee Lupton) was also photographed as one of the dignitaries in the procession walking behind Princess Mary. Olive had been on the Princess's fundraising committee for the Leeds Infirmary and her husband, Noel Middleton, had co-founded the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra with both the Princess and her son George Lascelles as patrons...Noel Middleton had attended soirees at Harewood House...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Garden Party, Headingley Cricket Ground |url=https://www.leodis.net/viewimage/94731 |publisher=Leodis - Leeds City council |access-date=19 May 2021 |quote=The Princess carries an impressive bouquet of carnations and trailing fern and is escorted by former Leeds Lord Mayor Sir Edwin Airey, of the building company, William Airey and Son Leeds Ltd. The Lady Mayoress, Isabella Lupton escorts the Princess's husband, Viscount Lascelles, who is behind his wife. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Hugh Lupton, Lady Clarke and Mrs R.X. [N.] Middleton bring up the rear of the procession.}}</ref> Olive's first cousin was fellow committee member [[Lupton family|Elinor G. Lupton]] who reportedly launched the fund-raising appeal in 1933. The committee's vice-presidents included the Princess's sister-in-law, [[Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood|the Hon. Mrs Edward Lascelles]], who served alongside Olive Middleton and her relative, [[Jessie Beatrice Kitson]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Infirmary Appeal: Princess Royal's Support of Scheme |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=princess%20%20royal's%20%20support%20%20for%20%20scheme&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1932&to=1933 |access-date=31 October 2019 |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=1 December 1933 |page=3 |quote=The committee was launched by Miss E.G. Lupton...it was announced that the Princess Royal had agreed to become Patron of the whole Appeal... Vice-Presidents are:-... Lady Irwin, Lady Bingley, Lady Moynihan,... Lady Burton.. the Hon. Mrs Edward Lascelles...serving on the Committee are...Lady Burton,...Miss Elinor Lupton... Mrs Noel Middleton...Miss J.B. Kitson...}}</ref> Princess Mary became patron of the Leeds Infirmary in 1936.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anning |first1=S. |title=The General Infirmary at Leeds |date=1966 |publisher=E. and S. Livingston |isbn=9780598254436 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ilprAAAAMAAJ&q=princess+royal+mary+patron+leeds+general+infirmary |access-date=1 November 2019 |quote=PREFACE - THIS book was dedicated with her gracious permission to Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal who became Patron of the Infirmary in 1936 under the new Charter of Incorporation. Her sudden death on March 28th, 1965 was....}}</ref>

==Marriage and family==
[[File:Viscount Lascelles & wife.jpg|upright|thumb|{{center|A 1922 wedding portrait of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles}}]]

On 28 February 1922, Princess Mary married [[Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood|Viscount Lascelles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westminster-abbey.org/our-history/royals/princess-mary,-daughter-of-george-v|title=Princess Mary, daughter of George V|publisher=Westminster Abbey|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> the elder son of [[Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood|the 5th Earl of Harewood]] and his wife, [[Florence Lascelles, Countess of Harewood|Lady Florence Bridgeman]], daughter of [[Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford|the 3rd Earl of Bradford]] of [[Weston Park]]. The bride was 24 years old, while the groom was 39.

[[Wedding of Princess Mary and Henry Lascelles|Their wedding]] was held at [[Westminster Abbey]], and attracted large crowds along the route to [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wedding Of Princess Mary And Viscount Lascelles 1922|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/wedding-of-princess-mary-and-viscount-lascelles/query/Harewood|website=British Pathé}}</ref> The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be covered in fashion magazines, including ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''. The bride's gown was designed by Messrs Raville and featured emblems of Britain and India.<ref name="Vogue-Wedding">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/royal-weddings-in-vogue|title=Royal Weddings In Vogue|magazine=Vogue|date=16 May 2018|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> It was the first royal occasion in which [[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]], a friend of Princess Mary, participated, as one of the bridesmaids. She later married Mary's brother, Prince Albert, and became [[queen consort of the United Kingdom]] upon his accession in 1936.<ref>{{Citation|last=Shawcross|first=William|author-link=William Shawcross|title=Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: The Official Biography|publisher=Macmillan|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4050-4859-0|pages=135–136}}</ref>

Princess Mary and Lord Lascelles had two sons:<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal babies 1920-1929|date=2 September 2017|url=http://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/article/531205/Royal-Babies-1920-1929.html|publisher=Country Life}}</ref>
* [[George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood]] (7 February 1923 – 11 July 2011); married, 1949, [[Marion Stein]]; had issue; divorced 1967; married, 1967, [[Patricia Tuckwell|Patricia Elizabeth Tuckwell]]; had issue.
* [[Gerald David Lascelles|The Honourable Gerald Lascelles]] (21 August 1924 – 27 February 1998); married, 1952, [[Angela Dowding]]; had issue; divorced 1978; married Elizabeth Collingwood; had issue.

===Family homes and interests===
The Princess and her husband had homes in London (first [[Chesterfield House, Westminster|Chesterfield House]] in [[South Audley Street]], and later 32 [[Green Street, Mayfair]]) and in Yorkshire (first [[Goldsborough Hall]], and later [[Harewood House]]).<ref name="Jones">{{cite book|title=Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales|last=Jones|first=Nigel R.|pages=133–135|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2005|location=Westwood, CT, US|isbn=0313318506}}</ref>

====London====
Prior to her marriage, Mary's husband Viscount Lascelles had purchased a palatial London townhouse, [[Chesterfield House, Westminster|Chesterfield House]] in South Audley Street for £140,000; Chesterfield House served as the couple's London residence for the first nine years of their marriage. In 1931 King George V and Queen Mary purchased 32 [[Green Street, Mayfair]] as a London home for their daughter, rendering Chesterfield House surplus to the couple's needs. Princess Mary and Lord Harewood vacated Chesterfield House in early 1932.<ref name="Plumpton2023-p106+Duveen">{{cite thesis
|last=Plumpton
|first=Gemma Louise
|title=Collecting Continental Old Masters for Harewood House, Yorkshire: British cultural heritage and aristocratic survival, 1916–1947
|type=PhD thesis
|publisher=University of Leeds
|department=School of Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies
|date=October 2023
|page=106
|url=https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/34433/1/Plumpton_GP_FAHACS_PhD_2023.pdf
|format=PDF
|language=en
|access-date=2 August 2025
}}<br/>
{{citation
|title='Re Lord Harewood', internal note from London to New York
|date=27 October 1931
|type=Internal memorandum (primary source)
|publisher=Duveen Brothers records, Series II.E.
|id=960015 (box 362, folder 1)
|language=en
|others=Underlying source cited by Plumpton (2023), p. 106, n. 647.
}}</ref> Queen Mary reportedly expressed an interest in purchasing 32 Green Street as a London House for her daughter in 1931, and consent was obtained from property's owner, [[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster]] with the proviso that the Grosvenor Estates could maintain the right to repurchase the House at a future date if its use as a royal residence ceased.<ref name="SoL40-GreenSt">{{cite book
|editor-last=Sheppard
|editor-first=F. H. W.
|title=Survey of London: Volume 40, The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings)
|series=Survey of London
|volume=40
|publisher=London County Council
|location=London
|year=1980
|chapter=Green Street Area: Green Street, North Side
|chapter-url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol40/pt2/pp187-188#h3-s6
|pages=187–188
|via=British History Online
|access-date=2 August 2025
}}</ref> The couple continued to occupy 32 Green Street when in London until the outbreak of War in 1939, and the House was repurchased by [[Grosvenor Group|Grosvenor Estate]] in 1946;<ref name="Plumpton2023-p143+HHTD">{{cite thesis
|last=Plumpton
|first=Gemma Louise
|title=Collecting Continental Old Masters for Harewood House, Yorkshire: British cultural heritage and aristocratic survival, 1916–1947
|type=PhD thesis
|publisher=University of Leeds
|department=School of Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies
|date=October 2023
|page=143
|url=https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/34433/1/Plumpton_GP_FAHACS_PhD_2023.pdf
|format=PDF
|language=en
|access-date=2 August 2025
}}<br/>
{{citation
|title=Valuation for Probate on the Estate of the 6th Earl of Harewood: Pictures, Drawings and Prints Suggested for Exemption
|date=January 1948
|type=Valuation (primary source)
|publisher=Harewood House Trust
|page=32
|id=HHTD:2016.217
|language=en
|others=Underlying source cited by Plumpton (2023), p. 143, n. 842.
}}</ref> the house was later repurposed as the [[Embassy of Brazil, London]].<ref name="SoL40-GreenSt" /> Following the outbreak of the Second World War, she was granted the use of a grace-and-favour apartment at [[St James's Palace]], which continued to be her official London residence for the remainder of her life.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Princess Royal's Suite
|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph
|date=15 September 1942
|page=4
|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-princess-royals-sui/178004685/
|via=Newspapers.com
|access-date=3 August 2025
|url-access=subscription
}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="London Homes of Princess Mary and [[Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood|Lord Harewood]]">
File:The US Diplomatic Service in Britain, 1914-1918 Q30247.jpg|[[Chesterfield House, Westminster|Chesterfield House]], Mayfair (1917). Owned by Lord Harewood from 1918 - 1934.<ref name="Plumpton2023-p106+Duveen"/>
File:Former embassy of Brazil, London.jpg|32 Green Street, Mayfair — Princess Mary and Lord Harewood's London Residence from 1932 - 1939.<ref name="SoL40-GreenSt"/></gallery>

====Yorkshire====
While at Goldsborough Hall, Princess Mary had internal alterations made by the architect Sydney Kitson, to suit the upbringing of her two children and instigated the development of formal planting of beech-hedge-lined long borders from the south terrace looking for a quarter of a mile down an avenue of lime trees. The limes were planted by her relatives as they visited the Hall throughout the 1920s, including her father, King George, and mother, Queen Mary.

After becoming the Countess of Harewood upon the death of her father-in-law, Princess Mary moved to Harewood House, and took a keen interest in the interior decoration and renovation of the Lascelles [[family seat]].<ref name="House-Bio"/><ref name="Jones"/> In farming pursuits, Princess Mary also became an expert in cattle breeding and was on the board of trustees of the [[Royal Agricultural Society of England]] of which her husband had been president.<ref name="Collection-Sale">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/christies-london-auction-princess-mary-harewood-antiques|title=Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood's Personal Collection on the Block at Christie's|magazine=Architectural Digest|first=Mitchell|last=Owens|date=30 November 2012|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal=Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England|title=Royal agriculture society of England| date=7 September 2023 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5l0ZAQAAMAAJ&q=Princess+Mary+1949+british+royal+agricultural++society |access-date=4 March 2022 |quote=[page 175] 1949 - Trustees...HRH Princess Mary...Harewood House....}}</ref> In December 2012, some of the Princess's belongings were sold in "Harewood: Collecting in the Royal Tradition", an auction organised by [[Christie's]].<ref name="Collection-Sale"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christies.com/sales/harewood-collecting-in-the-royal-tradition-london-december-2012/|title=Harewood: Collecting in the Royal Tradition|publisher=Christie's|date=5 December 2012|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref>

In the first half of the 20th century, she occasionally rode with the [[Bramham, West Yorkshire|Bramham Moor Hunt]] – Lord Harewood was [[Fox hunting|Master of the Hunt]] – and entertained many [[horse-racing]] enthusiasts at Harewood house parties for the race events at [[Wetherby]] and [[York]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Basford |first1=E. |title=Princess Mary |date=2021 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0-7509-9700-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m84QEAAAQBAJ&q=bramham+moor+hunt+road+with+princess+mary |access-date=14 August 2022 |quote=During the Bramham Moor Hunt season, hundreds of spectators would turn out to catch a glimpse of... However, Mary did not hunt often, preferring to watch horse racing instead...[...husband Viscount Harewood was Master of the (Bramham Moor) Hunt]...In the 1930s, there were regular house parties and a stream of visitors for the race events at Wetherby and York, ...}}</ref>

==Princess Royal==
On 6 October 1929, Lord Lascelles, who had been created a [[Order of the Garter|Knight of the Garter]] upon his marriage, succeeded his father as 6th [[Earl of Harewood]], Viscount Lascelles, and Baron Harewood. On 1 January 1932, George V declared that his only daughter should bear the title Princess Royal, succeeding her aunt [[Louise, Princess Royal|Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife]], who had died a year earlier.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33785 |date=29 December 1931 |page=1 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CrownOffFOIDs/status/1537764748481241088#m |publisher=Crown Office |accessdate=17 August 2022 |title= The warrant directing the Lord Chancellor to seal the instrument declaring that the Countess of Harewood be styled HRH The Princess Royal with the Great Seal, and the draft text of the instrument. }}</ref>

The Princess Royal was particularly close to her eldest brother, the Prince of Wales, known as David to his close family, who subsequently became [[Edward VIII]] upon the death of their father in 1936. After the [[abdication crisis]], she and her husband went to stay with the former Edward VIII, by then created Duke of Windsor, at Enzesfeld Castle near [[Vienna]]. Later, in November 1947, she allegedly declined to attend the [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten|wedding]] of her niece, [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]], to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten]] as the Duke of Windsor had not been invited. She gave ill health as the official reason for her non-attendance.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bradford|first=Sarah|title=King George VI|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson|location=London|year=1989|isbn=0-297-79667-4|pages=424}}</ref> In March 1953, she cut short her tour of the West Indies and before returning to London, made a surprise diversion to New York, where she met with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Randolph |first=Nancy |date=1953-03-07 |title=City, Wally Gave Princess Royal Whirl |pages=122 |work=New York Daily News}}</ref> She posed for photographs with them before she and the duke boarded the ship they travelled on to visit their ailing mother, Queen Mary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1953-03-18 |title=ROYAL COUPLE |work=Mercury |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27143026 |access-date=2022-04-19}}</ref>

[[File:Hrh Princess Royal Visits Rn Hospital Haslar, Gosport, 4 January 1943 A21217.jpg|thumb|The Princess Royal visiting the [[Royal Hospital Haslar]] in 1943]]

At the outbreak of [[World War II]], the Princess Royal became chief controller and later controller commandant of the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]], renamed the [[Women's Royal Army Corps]] in 1949.<ref name="Headlines-Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.historyandheadlines.com/10-princesses-royal/|title=The 10 Princesses Royal|publisher=History and Headlines|first=Beth|last=Michaels|date=15 August 2014|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1993-11-1-1-3|title=Princess Mary, The Princess Royal, Controller Commandant WRAC, 1959.|publisher=National Army Museum|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> In that capacity, she travelled across the country, visiting its units, as well as wartime canteens and other welfare organisations.<ref name="Headlines-Bio"/> After the [[Dunbeath air crash|death in 1942]] of her younger brother, the [[Prince George, Duke of Kent|Duke of Kent]], she became the president of [[Royal Papworth Hospital|Papworth Hospital]]. The Princess Royal became [[air chief commandant]] of [[Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service]] in 1950, and received the honorary rank of general in the [[British Army]] in 1956.<ref name="Headlines-Bio"/> Also, in 1949, the 10th Gurkha Rifles were renamed the [[10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles]] in her honour.<ref name=10grcom>{{cite web|url=http://10gr.com/html/History.htm |title=A short history of the 10th Princess Mary's own Gurkha Rifles |publisher=10gr.com |access-date=1 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007175146/http://www.10gr.com/html/History.htm |archive-date=7 October 2010 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>

After her husband's death in 1947, the Princess Royal lived at Harewood House with her elder son and his family. She became the [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of the [[University of Leeds]] in 1951, and continued to carry out official duties at home and abroad. She attended the [[coronation of Queen Elizabeth II]] in June 1953, and later represented the Queen at the independence celebrations of [[Trinidad and Tobago]] in 1962, and [[Zambia]] in 1964.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/IUsTCm8J6-s Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200324162904/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUsTCm8J6-s Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUsTCm8J6-s|title=The Princess Royal - 1965|via=YouTube|work=British Movietone|date=21 July 2015|access-date=30 May 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> One of her last official engagements was to represent the Queen at the funeral of [[Louise Mountbatten|Queen Louise of Sweden]] in early March 1965. The Princess Royal visited her brother, the Duke of Windsor, at the [[London Clinic]] in March 1965, while he recovered from recent eye surgery. The Princess also met his wife, the [[Wallis Simpson|Duchess of Windsor]], one of the Duchess's few meetings with her husband's immediate family to take place.

==Death and legacy==
On 28 March 1965, the Princess Royal had a fatal heart attack during a walk with her elder son, Lord Harewood, and his children in the grounds of the [[Harewood House]] estate. Mary was 67 years old. She was buried next to her husband in the Lascelles family vault at [[All Saints' Church, Harewood]], after a private family funeral at [[York Minster]]. A memorial service was held at [[Westminster Abbey]], London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/tribute-to-princess-royal|title=Tribute To Princess Royal 1965|publisher=British Pathé|date=5 April 1965|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> Her will was sealed in London after her death with her estate valued at [[GBP|£]]347,626 (or £{{Format price|{{Inflation|UK|347626|1965}}}} in {{Inflation/year|UK}} when adjusted for inflation).{{Inflation-fn|UK}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Rob |last2=Pegg |first2=David |title=£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/18/187m-pounds-of-windsor-family-wealth-hidden-in-secret-royal-wills |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 July 2022 |date=18 July 2022}}</ref>

Six British monarchs reigned during Princess Mary's lifetime: [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]] (her great-grandmother), [[Edward VII]] (her grandfather), [[George V]] (her father), [[Edward VIII]] and [[George VI]] (her brothers), and [[Elizabeth II]] (her niece). She is typically remembered as an uncontroversial figure of the royal family.<ref name="Collection-Sale"/> The Princess was portrayed by [[Kate Phillips]] in ''[[Downton Abbey (film)|Downton Abbey]]'' (2019).

During the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]], a major street in Jerusalem next to the [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]] was called Princess Mary Street.<ref>1940 photo of Princess Mary Street with Rex Cinema in background, West Jerusalem on the Alamy website [https://www.alamy.com/princess-mary-street-with-rex-cinema-in-background-west-jerusalem-1940-israel-image220718183.html]</ref> After the creation of [[Israel]], the street name was changed to [[Salome Alexandra|Queen Shlomzion]] Street, to commemorate the Jewish queen.{{fact|date=January 2024}}

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==
===Titles and styles===
Mary was known as "Princess Mary of York" at birth.<ref name="Coleby">{{cite book |last1=Coleby |first1=Allan |title=First Windsors |date=2017 |publisher=Arena Books |pages=59}}</ref> Mary was not styled "Her Royal Highness" from birth, only gaining that style in 1898 by letters patent granted by her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Velde |first1=François |title=Styles of the members of the British royal family: Documents |url=https://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> After Victoria's death in January 1901, Mary was known as Princess Mary of Cornwall and York, until her father's creation as [[Prince of Wales]] in November of that year, when she assumed the title "Princess Mary of Wales".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heywood |first1=Valentine |title=British Titles The Use and Misuse of the Titles of Peers and Commoners, with Some Historical Notes |date=1951 |publisher=A. and C. Black |pages=29–30}}</ref>

Upon her father's accession as George V in 1910, Mary assumed the style of "Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary".{{efn|As a daughter of the sovereign, Mary was entitled to use the definite article before her name. Though it was often omitted in other prints, it was used in official reports in ''The London Gazette''.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28401 |date=26 July 1910 |page=5485 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32649 |date=24 March 1922 |page=2427}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28535 |date=26 September 1911 |page=7080 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32003 |date=30 July 1920 |page8078 |supp=y}}</ref>}} In 1922, Mary married [[Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood|Viscount Lascelles]] and began using the title "Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles". When her husband succeeded as [[Earl of Harewood]] in 1929, Mary became known as "Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood".<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Hamilton-Edwards |first1=G. K. S. |title=Mary, princess royal |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-36654 |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36654 |access-date=5 April 2023}}</ref>{{efn|Mary was generally referred to officially with the definite article.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32831 |date=5 June 1923 |page=3963}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32807 |date=20 March 1923 |page=2163}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Civil Service Year |date=1931 |publisher=H. M. Stationery Office |page=246 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tpMuAaH-JPAC&q=%22The+Princess+Mary,+Countess+of+Harewood%22 |access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref>}} In 1932, her father gave her the title [[Princess Royal]], which had previously belonged to her aunt Louise until her death the year prior. For the rest of her life, Mary was known as "Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal".<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33785 |date=29 December 1931 |page=1 |supp=y}}</ref>[[File:St. Bartholomew the Great - plaque in the cloister - geograph.org.uk - 1127732.jpg|thumb|Plaque in the [[cloister]] of [[St Bartholomew-the-Great]], London, marking the opening of five new [[Bay (architecture)|bays]] by Viscountess Lascelles in 1928. It depicts the arms of the Viscount and Viscountess, along with Viscount Lascelles' [[motto]], ''Ung roy, ung foy, ung loy'' — from his [[de Burgh]] ancestors, "one king, one faith, one law."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood |url=http://aroyalheraldry.weebly.com/1/post/2021/02/henry-lascelles-6th-earl-of-harewood.html |website=A ROYAL HERALDRY}}</ref>|220x220px]]

===Honours===
====British, British Empire and Commonwealth====
* '''CI''': [[Order of the Crown of India|Companion of the Crown of India]], ''25 April 1919''
* '''GCStJ''': [[Venerable Order of St John|Dame Grand Cross of St John of Jerusalem]], ''12 May 1926''<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33284|page=3836|date=14 June 1927}}</ref>
* '''GBE''': [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]], ''3 June 1927''<ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=33280|supp=y|page=3611|date=3 June 1927}}</ref>
* '''GCVO''': [[Royal Victorian Order|Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]], ''11 May 1937''<ref>''[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34396/supplement/3074 Supplement to the London Gazette]'', 11 May 1937 (issue 34396), p. 3074</ref>
* '''RRC''': Member of the [[Royal Red Cross]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101625397-img|title=H.R.H. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles, wearing the uniform of the Royal Red Cross|publisher=National Library of Medicine|accessdate=1 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Royal Family Order of King George V]]<ref name=hugo>{{cite book|last1=Vickers|first1=Hugo|title=Royal Orders|year=1994|publisher=Boxtree|isbn=9781852835101|pages=147}}</ref>
* [[Royal Family Order of King George VI]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Risk |first1=James |title=Royal Service Volume II |date=2001 |publisher=Third Millennium |location=London |isbn=1903942047 |pages=13–46 |edition=first}}</ref>
* [[Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II]]<ref name=hugo/>

====Foreign====
* {{Flagcountry|Restoration (Spain)}}: Dame of the [[Order of Queen Maria Luisa]], ''12 July 1926''<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0001067117&search=&lang=es|chapter=Real orden de Damas Nobles de la Reina Maria Luisa|title=Guía Oficial de España|date=1930|access-date=21 March 2019|page=236}}</ref>

====Freedom of the City====
* ''1952'': Freeman of the City of [[York]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.freemenofyork.com/famous_honorary_freemen.html|title=Some Famous Honorary Freemen|work=The Gild of Freemen of the City of York|access-date=30 April 2022|archive-date=7 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507171118/http://www.freemenofyork.com/famous_honorary_freemen.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Memberships====
* ''1954'': Honorary Freeman of the [[Worshipful Company of Basketmakers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketmakersco.org/honorary-members|title=Honorary Members|work=The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers|access-date=13 October 2025}}</ref>

==== Honorary military appointments ====
====British====
* ''1935'': Colonel-in-Chief, of the [[Royal Corps of Signals]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=15180 |date=7 June 1935 |page=507 |nolink=yes |city=e}}</ref>
* ''1939'': Chief Controller and later Controller Commandant, of the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Basford |first1=Elisabeth |editor1-last=Seward |editor1-first=Ingrid |title=A Quiet Devotion to Duty |journal=Majesty |date=August 2020 |volume=41 |issue=8 |url=http://www.majestymagazine.com |access-date=30 September 2020 |publisher=Cliff Moulder |quote=Mary was rarely seen out of uniform during the Second World War as Chief Controller and later Controller Commandant of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She travelled the length and breadth of the country visiting ATS units, canteens and military command stations.}}</ref>
* ''1950'': [[Air Chief Commandant]], of [[Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service]]<ref name="Headlines-Bio"/>

==== Military ranks ====
* ''1956'': [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] in the [[British Army]]<ref name="Headlines-Bio"/>

===Arms===
In 1931, Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, was awarded her own personal [[coat of arms|arms]], being the royal arms, differenced by a label argent of three points, each bearing a cross gules.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm|publisher=Heraldica|title=Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family|access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref>

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==Ancestry==
{{See also|Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark}}

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|13= 13. [[Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde]]
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