Hoopla Duchess. The Duchess of Gloucester attempts to win a bottle of champagne at last night's Berkeley Square Ball, without success. The 40 year old Danish born Duchess displayed little of the enthusiasm shown by royal guests previous years and left after 90 minutes, precisely to schedule. More than 3,000 revellers paid £75 each to join in the annual London society event for charity

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Unknown

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/4

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter Photos

Died 10 June 1974

Broadcast Date: 7 June 1974

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/5

Agency: Central Press Photos

Car crash, as a result of a stroke at the wheel while he and his wife Alice were returning from Winston Churchill's funeral

Agency: Sunday Mirror

A previously unissued picture of the Duke of Gloucester. It was revealed to-day that he had a partial loss of speech since suffering a slight stroke at his home about a year ago

Broadcast Date: 16 April 1971

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/8

Agency: Press Association

Gun carriage leaves Victoria Barracks Windsor during funeral procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, today

Broadcast Date: 14 June 1974

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYA/GLOU/1

Agency: Camera Press London

ITN Reference: ROYA/GLOU/D

Agency: Universal Pictorial Press

ITN Reference: ROYA/GLOU/2

Agency: Camera Press London

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/4

Agency: Central Press Photos

ITN Reference: ROYA/GLOU/7

Agency: Universal Pictorial Press

OPS Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. She was born on 25 December 1901, the third daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch, and married the late Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, in November 1935 (The Duke died in June 1974). They had two sons, Prince William, who was killed in an air crash in August 1972, and Prince Richard, the present Duke of Gloucester

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/11

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Tom Hustler

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester who is Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the 2nd Battalion (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire) The Royal Anglian Regiment during today's Trooping the Colour ceremony at Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/12

Agency: Press Association

Bath Service. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, at Westminster Abbey, London, for today's service of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/1

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter Photos

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/3

Copyright: Camera Press London

Prince Richard of Gloucester the Queen's cousin is to marry Danish secretary Birgitte Van Deurs this summer. They are seen together in pool picture made at London's Kensington Palace

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/13

Agency: United Press International

With bride Birgitte. The former Miss Birgitte van Deurs, with Prince Richard of Gloucester, leaving St Andrew's parish church here today after their marriage

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/15

Agency: Press Association

Prince and Princess Richard of Gloucester arriving at the Casino Cinerama Theatre in London this evening to attend the Royal Charity Premiere of "This is Cinerama". The premiere is in aid of KIDS, a national society for deprived and handicapped children

Broadcast Date: 18 October 1973

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/17

Agency: Press Association

Prince Richard of Gloucester Weds. Prince Richard of Gloucester, younger son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, pictured with his bride, Miss Birgitte van Deurs, a former secretary of the Danish Embassy, after their wedding at the Gloucesters' country home, Barnwell Manor, near Peterborough, on 8 July

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/16

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Tom Hustler

Duke with baby son. First picture to be released of Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's baby, Alexander, Earl of Ulster. The Duke of Gloucester holds his baby son, Alexander, Earl of Ulster, which was prematurely born on 24 October. This picture was taken by his mother at Kensington Palace

Broadcast Date: 23 December 1974

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/18

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Duchess of Gloucester

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester with their son, Alexander, Lord Ulster, who was baptised at the parish church here today. Members of the Royal Family were present

Broadcast Date: 9 February 1975

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/19

Agency: Press Association

In St Johns Ambulance uniform. In the uniform of an officer of the St John Ambulance, the Duke of Gloucester, who is to succeed his late father as Grand Prior of the Order of St John

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/20

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Unknown

The Duke of Gloucester wearing an eye patch leaving the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers in London's Beaumont Street today after a recent eye operation for a detached retina. Due to his discharge he will be home for Sunday's christening of his daughter Davina

Agency: Press Association

The Gloucesters to visit Australia. The Duke and Duchess will pay a State Visit to Australia from 3 to 18 February 1979, and will then holiday privately with their children in Tonga and Australia until 23 March 1979

Broadcast Date 31 January 1979

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/23

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Norman Parkinson

With their 2 children. The Gloucesters to Visit Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester with their two children, Alexander, Earl of Ulster (born 24 October 1974) and Lady Davina Windsor (born 19 November 1977), photographed in the grounds of Kensington Palace. The Duke and Duchess will pay a State Visit to Australia from 3 to 18 February, and will then holiday privately with their children in Tonga and Australia until 23 March 1979

Broadcast Date: 31 January 1979

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/24

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Norman Parkinson

The Duchess of Gloucester (left), leaving St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, today, a week after giving birth to her third child, a daughter. With her are the Duke of Gloucester and their two other children, Alexander, Earl of Ulster, five, and Lady Davina Windsor, two. Carrying the new arrival, as yet unnamed, to the waiting car is ward sister, Miss Zohra Ahrov

Broadcast Date: 8 March 1980

Agency: Press Association

With three children. The Royal Family. The Gloucesters at Home. OPS The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, photographed with their three children at Kensington Palace. Sitting on the Duchess's lap is Lady Rose Windsor, born on 1 March 1980; behind her is Lady Davina Windsor, born on 19 February 1977, and in the background is the Earl of Ulster, born on 24 October 1974. Prince Richard married the former Miss Birgitte van Deurs in July 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/29

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Tim Jenkins

A special serviceman pictured with the controversial German-made Heckler & Kosh MP5K during a visit by the Duke of Gloucester to Northern Ireland recently. The Home Secretary Leon Brittan is under pressure regarding the issue of the sub-machine gun to British policemen

Broadcast Date: 3 April 1984

Agency: Unknown

The Duke of Gloucester, accompanied by The Duchess of Gloucester, will visit Tenerife between the 28 -30 June and will inaugurate the British Isaac Newton Telescope in the new International Observatory on La Palma on the 29 June

Broadcast Date: 28 June 1985

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Terence Donovan

Death 28 August 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WILL/5

Agency: Central Press Photos

Death 28 August 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WILL/8

Agency: Camera Press Photos

Prince William of Gloucester, who died today in an aircraft accident near Wolverhampton, is seen in a relaxed mood in July 1971

Broadcast Date: 28 August 1972

Agency: Press Association

Port wing down, the plunging Piper Cherokee aircraft (below) is seen only moments before hitting the ground in the crash which killed Prince William of Gloucester and his co-pilot, Lieutenant Commander Vyrell Mitchell, just after they had taken off from Halfpenny Green in an air race yesterday

Broadcast Date: 29 August 1972

Agency: Press Association

The Cherokee aircraft in which Prince William of Gloucester took off at Halfpenny Green today is seen after its fatal crash, a complete wreck. He was later found dead. The Prince was competing in the Goodyear Air Race

Broadcast Date: 28 August 1972

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Unknown

The coffin of Prince William of Gloucester being carried to the hearse by a bearer party of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards to be taken to the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore after the funeral service in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, today. In the group of Royal mourners descending the Chapel steps are seen, from camera: The Duchess of Gloucester and Prince and Princess Richard of Gloucester, the Queen, the Queen Mother, Prince Philip and Prince Charles (partly hidden), Princess Margaret, Princess Anne and Lord Snowdon

Broadcast Date: 2 September 1972

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Unknown

Snowdon Portrait. The Prince and Princess of Wales with their children, Prince William, born 21 June 1982, and Prince Henry, born 15 September 1984

Broadcast Date: 14 October 1984

Agency: United Press International

Photographer: Lord Snowdon

Windsor, England. The Royal Family at the christening of Prince Henry here, at the St George's Chapel. From left, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, The Princess of Wales, holding Prince Henry and Prince Charles. Henry was born 15 September 1984

Broadcast Date: 27 December 1984

Agency: United Press International

Photographer: Lord Snowdon

Windsor, England. Prince Harry of Wales and the Princess of Wales seen here when the Prince was christened at St George's Chapel. The Prince was born 15 September 1984, and is seen wearing the traditional Royal christening robe, which was first used by Queen Victoria's first child in 1841

Broadcast Date: 27 December 1984

Agency: United Press International

Photographer: Lord Snowdon

In Hands of Children. Hands reach out to touch the tiny hands of Britain's youngest royal baby, Prince Harry, as shown on BBC televised Christmas message to the nation by Queen Elizabeth II. This tender scene was from the video of the Christening ceremony held in Windsor Castle earlier and shown for the first time in this Christmas broadcast

Broadcast Date: 25 December 1984

Agency: BBC TV