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Monday, October 16, 1972

The Princess is fond of outdoor recreations, likes swimming,

ski-ing and above all riding; she shares the love of her cousin the

Queen for horses. She is an accomplished dancer. Tall and slim, she is

strikingly like her beautiful mother.

HRH has received honorary doctorates of Laws from Queensland

and Hong Kong Universities, and is an Honorary Follow of the Faculty

of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of

the Royal College of Surgeons (England) and of the Royal College of

Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. She has also regimental connections,

as Colonel-in-Chief of the 3rd Militia Battalion, The Queen's Own Riflos

of Canada, Colonel-in-Chief of the 17/21 Lancers, Deputy Colonel-in-Chief

of The Light Infantry, Honorary Colonel of the North Irish Horse (T), and

Honorary Commandant of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service.

She was croated GCVO in December 1960, and she has been appointed

to the leading Orders of many of the countries she has visited.

OVERSEAS VISITS MADE BY H.R.H. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA

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FRANCE

1954

CANADA and USA

1956

MEDITERRANEAN

Lived in Paris where she stayed with the family of the Conte de Paris, attending a finishing school and studying French and music.

Accompanied her mother, the Duchess of Kent, on her tour of Canada and the USA in August and September.

Accompanied the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on a Mediterranean cruise in March.

/1959