[3] In 1919, a newspaper article included her mother's description about her upbringing that was in "the simplest fashion" with the desire that she "should be regarded as ordinary members of the English titled and untitled aristocracy".

In response to this, Helena's father renounced his title of Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg and the style His Highness.

He was subsequently created Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham, and Viscount Northallerton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

[5][6] Helena married Colonel John Evelyn Gibbs (22 December 1879 London – 11 October 1932 Tetbury),[2] a veteran of the Boer Wars and World War I and grandson of famed Victorian businessman William Gibbs, on 2 September 1919 at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

She wore a simple necklace of small pearls for the wedding,[19] a dress of white Royal beaute material,[15][20] and had six bridesmaids, including Lady May Cambridge.