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Queen Alexandra - my family #52
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th April 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,King Charles,King Edward VII,King Edward VIII,King George V,Queen Alexandra,Cowes,Britannia,buckingham palace,Hyde Park,The Crown,Downton Abbey,Bernsdorff Palace,Isle of wight,Amazon
...is yacht, Britannia very competitively against his nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II. This went on for many years until the Kaiser won in 1896 and Edward never entered the competition again. In 1909 the Russian Emperor and his family came over for Cowes week causing a security nightmare with two monarchs in one place!
The King of Denmark
This picture shows Alexandra's father, the King of Denmark (centre), Christian IX, on the steps of Bernstorff Palace, his summer residence near Copenhagen. With him are two of his grandsons.
The Palace was originally built for the Foreign Minister, Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff and completed in May 1765. However,...