Princess Helena of the United Kingdom early 1860s, Helena began a flirtation with Prince Albert's German librarian, Carl Ruland. Although the nature of the relationship is largely unknown, Helena's romantic letters to Ruland survive. After the Queen found out in 1863, she dismissed Ruland, who returned to his native Germany. Three years later, on 5 July 1866, Helena married the impoverished Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. The couple remained in Britain, in calling distance of the Queen, who liked to have her daughters nearby. Helena, along with her youngest sister, Princess Beatrice, became the Queen's unofficial secretaries. However, after Queen Victoria's death on 22 January 1901, Helena
Helena Morrissey Honours for services to diversity in financial services. In 2016, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Cambridge University. Morrissey and her husband, Richard, a former financial journalist and former Buddhist priest, are the parents of nine children, three boys and six girls, one of whom is Flo Morrissey. They met at Cambridge, and married when she was 21. They live in Notting Hill, London. Helena Morrissey Dame Helena Louise Morrissey, DBE (born March 1966) is a British financier and campaigner. She was born in Altrincham, Cheshire in 1966. She grew up near Chichester, and was educated at Bishop Luffa