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Leonie Helm

‘The most celebrated Royal photographer of her day' – photographs by Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII, go on display at Buckingham Palace

King Edward VII (1841-1910) at Balmoral, Scotland, 1908. From Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book, Photographs from My Camera, by Queen Alexandra, published by The Daily Telegraph.

Photographs taken by Queen Alexandra, dubbed “the most celebrated royal photographer of her day”, are going on display at Buckingham Palace.

Born in 1844, Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia was chosen at the age of 16 to be the future wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and the son and heir apparent of Queen Victoria, the future King Edward VII. They were married in 1863.

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