Royalty
THE OFFICERS OF H.M.S. BACCHANTE
[ALBERT VICTOR
(Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence, 1864-1892, Eldest Son of Edward VII) & GEORGE V (1865-1936, King of Great Britain)]
Exceptional original large unsigned photo showing the Princes with some of their fellow officers and local dignitaries
grouped together outside in an outdoor setting in Egypt taken during their voyage on the Bacchante, Eddie and George are standing in the back row wearing white suits and bowler hats, surrounded by a group of men with a woman and a dog seated in the front, 11 x 8 in mount, 14 x 11, no place, Egypt,
Item Date: 1882
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Background
The Princes were privately educated until 1877, when they were sent to join the training ship Britannia at Dartmouth, despite the fact that Prince George was only 12. In 1879 they went on a three years' cruise in H.M.S. Bacchante, which sailed round the world and visited most of the British colonies. In 1882 they left the East and returned by Colombo to Suez, spent a month's sightseeing in Egypt, after which they crossed to Jaffa and made their way on horseback through the Holy Land. On 6 May they rejoined the Bacchante at Beirut and crossed to Athens, where for ten days the brothers were the guests of their maternal uncle, King George of the Hellenes, before returning home through the Mediterranean.
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