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- ↑ "THE ALBANY MEMORIAL AT CANNES". Waikato Times. Vol. XXVIII, no. 2303. 14 April 1887.
- ↑ "The Albany Memorial at Cannes". London Standard Newspaper. 14 February 1887. p. 8.
- ↑ "The Confirmation of Princess Alice of Albany at St George's Church, Cannes". Illustrated London News. 16 April 1898. pp. 5, 6.
- ↑ "EGLISE SAINT-GEORGES". LA PAROISSE CATHOLIQUE SAINT NICOLAS.
- ↑ "Art Notes". Pall Mall Gazette. 12 October 1892. p. 1.