She was christened in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 26 March 1883, named Alice after her late paternal aunt. Her godparents were: Queen Victoria (her paternal grandmother); the German Empress (for whom Alice's paternal aunt Princess Beatrice stood proxy); the King of the Netherlands (her mother's brother-in-law, for whom the Dutch Ambassador Count Charles van Bylandt stood proxy); the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (her paternal aunt's widower, whose brother-in-law the Duke of Edinburgh represented him); the Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont (her maternal grandmother); the Prince of Wales (her paternal uncle); the German Crown Princess (her paternal aunt, whose sister-in-law the Princess of Wales represented her); Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg (her mother's brother-in-law, for whom his cousin the Duke of Teck stood proxy); the Hereditary Princess of Bentheim and Steinfurt (her maternal aunt, for whom her paternal aunt Princess Christian stood proxy); and the Duchess of Cambridge (her grandmother's aunt, whose daughter the Duchess of Teck represented her). She was confirmed at the Royal Memorial Church of St George, Cannes, in 1898 with Queen Victoria present.