For many years, it was believed that she was killed during a bombing raid in 1944, but a letter from her sister Victoria, published in 2012, indicates that she died shortly after the end of the war from a heart ailment.
I mange år var det antaget, at hun blev dræbt under en bombning i 1944, men et brev fra hendes søster Victoria offentliggjort i 2012 viste, at dette ikke var tilfældet og antyder, at hun i stedet døde kort efter krigen af sine lidelser.