Prologue

Alice
al-is. Origin:German. Meaning: noble, exalted.

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Alice was the perfect child, the embodiment of a perfect princess; beloved by both her mother and father from the moment they found out she was a girl; the glue that keeps her family together.

But even the most perfect princess has her secrets and her struggles, and Alice's life has been filled with those from a very early age, from the most public struggles and displays of sadness, to the ones only a few members of her closest family are aware of.

Alice may be her mother's daughter, she may be a perfect mixture of the Spencers and the Windsors, but she is, above anything else, Alice.

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"I'm more than my mother's daughter." - Princess Alice of Wales