Editing Alexandra of Denmark (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:London - panoramio (24).jpg|right|thumb|Detail of the [[Queen Alexandra Memorial]], opposite [[St James's Palace]]]]
[[File:Braemar, Mar Lodge Estate, St Ninian's Chapel - wall plaque 03.JPG|thumb|upright|Wall-mounted plaque for Queen Alexandra in [[St Ninian's Chapel, Braemar]], where her eldest daughter is buried]]
The [[Queen Alexandra Memorial]] by [[Alfred Gilbert]] was unveiled on [[Alexandra Rose Day]] 8 June 1932 at Marlborough Gate, London.<ref>Dorment, Richard (January 1980). "Alfred Gilbert's Memorial to Queen Alexandra" ''The Burlington Magazine'' vol. CXXII pp. 47–54.</ref> An ode in her memory, [[Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode|"So many true princesses who have gone"]], composed by the then [[Master of the King's Musick]] Sir [[Edward Elgar]] to words by the [[Poet Laureate]] [[John Masefield]], was sung at the unveiling and conducted by the composer.<ref>"Alexandra The Rose Queen", ''[[The Times]]'', 9 June 1932, p. 13, col. F.</ref>

Alexandra was highly popular with the British public.<ref>{{harvnb|Battiscombe|1969|pp=66–68, 85, 120, 215}}; {{harvnb|Duff|1980|p=215}}; {{harvnb|Priestley|1970|p=17}}</ref> Unlike her husband and mother-in-law, Alexandra was not castigated by the press.{{sfn|Duff|1980|pp=113, 163, 192}} Funds that she helped to collect were used to buy a river launch, called ''Alexandra'', to ferry the wounded during the [[Sudan campaign]],{{sfn|Battiscombe|1969|p=169}} and to fit out a hospital ship, named ''The Princess of Wales'', to bring back wounded from the [[Boer War]].<ref>{{harvnb|Battiscombe|1969|pp=212–213}}; {{harvnb|Duff|1980|p=206}}</ref> During the Boer War, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, later renamed [[Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps]], was founded under Royal Warrant.

Alexandra had little understanding of money.{{sfn|Battiscombe|1969|p=72}} The management of her finances was left in the hands of her loyal [[comptroller]], Sir [[Dighton Probyn]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]], who undertook a similar role for her husband. In the words of her grandson, [[Edward VIII]] (later the Duke of Windsor), "Her generosity was a source of embarrassment to her financial advisers. Whenever she received a letter soliciting money, a cheque would be sent by the next post, regardless of the authenticity of the mendicant and without having the case investigated."{{sfn|Windsor|pp=85–86}} Though she was not always extravagant (she had her old stockings darned for re-use and her old dresses were recycled as furniture covers),{{sfn|Battiscombe|1969|p=203}} she would dismiss protests about her heavy spending with a wave of a hand or by claiming that she had not heard.{{sfn|Battiscombe|1969|p=293}}

Alexandra hid a small scar on her neck, which was probably the result of a childhood operation,<ref>[[Baron Stockmar]], who was a doctor, quoted in Duff, p. 37.</ref> by wearing [[choker]] necklaces and high necklines, setting fashions which were adopted for fifty years.{{sfn|Battiscombe|1969|pp=24–25}} Alexandra's effect on fashion was so profound that society ladies even copied her limping gait, after her serious illness in 1867 left her with a stiff leg.{{sfn|Battiscombe|1969|p=92}} This came to be known as the "Alexandra limp".<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NLGhimIiFPoC&pg=PA24| author = Helen Rappaport | author-link = Helen Rappaport | title = Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion | year = 2003 | page = 24| publisher = Bloomsbury Academic | isbn = 9781851093557 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IgjAJazrBWwC&pg=PA29| title = Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, p. 29| isbn = 9781840223101| last1 = Brewer| first1 = Ebenezer Cobham| year = 2001| publisher = Wordsworth Editions| access-date = 23 October 2015| archive-date = 30 April 2024| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240430013010/https://books.google.com/books?id=IgjAJazrBWwC&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q&f=false| url-status = live}}</ref> She used predominantly the London fashion houses; her favourite was [[Redfern (couture)|Redfern's]], but she shopped occasionally at [[Jacques Doucet (fashion designer)|Doucet]] and Fromont of Paris.{{sfn|Battiscombe|1969|p=203}}

Alexandra has been portrayed on television by [[Deborah Grant]] and [[Helen Ryan]] in ''[[Edward the Seventh]]'', [[Ann Firbank]] in ''[[Lillie (TV series)|Lillie]]'', [[Maggie Smith]] in ''[[All the King's Men (1999 film)|All the King's Men]]'', and [[Bibi Andersson]] in ''[[The Lost Prince]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/edward-the-seventh/| title=Edward the Seventh| website=letterboxd.com | access-date =6 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/lillie/| title=Lillie| website= nostalgiacentral.com| date=10 May 2022| access-date =6 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.memorabletv.com/uk-tv/all-the-kings-men-bbc-1-1999-david-jason/| title=All The King's Men (BBC-1 1999, David Jason, Maggie Smith)| website=memorabletv.com| access-date =6 September 2024|date=11 June 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenpoliakoff.com/the-lost-prince-2003/| title=The Lost Prince (2003)| website=stephenpoliakoff.com | access-date =6 September 2024}}</ref> She was portrayed in film by Helen Ryan again in the 1980 film ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'', [[Sara Stewart]] in the 1997 film ''[[Mrs Brown]]'', and [[Julia Blake]] in the 1999 film ''[[Passion (1999 film)|Passion]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmdope.com/Statics/A00015000/ActorCredit15164.html| website=filmdope.com| title=Helen Ryan | access-date=6 September 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://nostalgiacentral.com/movies/movies-l-to-z/movies-m/mrs-brown/| website= nostalgiacentral.com| title=Mrs. Brown (1997) | date= 11 June 2014| access-date=6 September 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.movie-intelligence.com/people/16098-julia-blake| website= movie-intelligence.com| title=Julia Blake | access-date=6 September 2024 }}</ref> In a 1980 stage play by [[Royce Ryton]], ''Motherdear'', she was portrayed by [[Margaret Lockwood]] in her last acting role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.silversirens.co.uk/productions/motherdear/| website= silversirens.co.uk| title=Motherdear (1980) |date=6 September 2024}}</ref> Also, in 1907, the [[Royal Alexandra Theatre]] was built in [[Toronto]], Canada, as North America's first royal theatre. The venue was named after her, after a patent letter was granted by the King, her husband Edward VII.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirvish.com/visit/theatres/royal-alexandra-theatre| website= mirvish.com| title=Royal Alexandra Theatre | access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>