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Queen Alexandra - my family #50

...ecame the King George VI and grandfather to our own King Charles. EVen more fascinating are photos of the former Empress of Russia with her four grand-daughters on board the Emperor's yacht 'Standart' – the little girls looKing so pretty in their matching dresses and hats. The Empress was actually Alexandra's sister, Dagmar and there are lots of photos of them together as a family traVelling around Denmark and Norway. Towards the end of the album is a picture of 'the Nimrod' setting sail for the south pole in 1907 with Captain Earnest Shackleton at the helm, after being inspected by King Edward and Queen Alexandra. Such historic photographs are priceless but...

Royal Visitors at Hoar Cross Hall #49

...dparents, King George V and Queen Mary also went on many tours of England including Yorkshire, Derbyshire and the West Midlands, Visiting mines and factories. They also Visited the wounded in hospitals during the First World War which were often makeshift ones in stately homes such as Clandon Park in Surrey and Belton House in Lincolnshire. Hundreds of Britain's stately homes were turned into military hospitals as the country fast ran out of hospital beds when hundreds of thousands of wounded soldiers returned home. The Meynell family themselVes offered their London home to be used during the First World War but it was not needed in the end. During the King and...

Queen Alexandra - my family #52

...Here is a final selection of photos from the album of Queen Alexandra, found in the Library of Hoar Cross Hall.  Alexandra enjoyed photography as a hobby and in 1908 put together this album of personal photos of her family to be sold for charity.  It is a fascinating insight into another world, long gone now.  As we lead up to the Coronation of King Charles III it is a reminder of all that has gone before and all that is to come in the future with our hard worKing royals.     King Edward VII and DaVid Here is the King in relaxed pose with his grandson, DaVid, who later became King Edward VIII.  DaVid became the King in January 1936 and famously abdicat...

Royal Visitors at Hoar Cross Hall #20

...dparents, King George V and Queen Mary went on many tours of England including Yorkshire, Derbyshire and the West Midlands, Visiting mines and factories. They also Visited the wounded in hospitals during the First World War which were often makeshift ones in stately homes such as Clandon Park in Surrey and Belton House in Lincolnshire. Hundreds of Britain's stately homes were turned into military hospitals as the country fast ran out of hospital beds when hundreds of thousands of wounded soldiers returned home. The Meynell family themselVes offered their London home to be used during the First World War but it was not needed in the end. During the King and Quee...

Royal Visitors at Hoar Cross Hall #10

...From earliest times the King's court has traVeled around the Kingdom so the King could see first hand what was going on in his realm. When the King showed up, the local subjects were expected to proVide food, entertainment, and accommodations usually in the form of mediaeVal banquets.  For the King or Queen's subjects this could be Very expensiVe and not all royalty was welcome! HoweVer, this was the only way that people could see their King or Queen and know that they were real. Fast forward from the twelVe century to the 21st century and royals are still touring the country so their subjects can 'see them and belieVe in them'. The Queen's grandparents, King...

Queen Alexandra - my family #51

...erlain to King George V from 1922 – 1938.   Tea Party at Monrepos This photo is from 1905 and shows the Prince of Wales (later George V - centre) with his father, King Edward VII (on the right) and other members of their group at a tea party at Monrepos in Corfu. The Prince of Wales had just returned from a tour of India with his wife Princess Mary and the family had obViously gathered together in warmer climes to welcom­e them back. Monrepos was built in 1828 for the British Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands and in later years was the summer residence of the King of Greece; it was also the birthplace of Prince Philip, who was born on the din...