Royalty
[VICTORIA EUGENIA
(1887-1969, Granddaughter of Queen Victoria, daughter of Princess Beatrice of Battenberg & Prince Henry, Wife of Alfonso XIII of Spain)]
Exceptional unsigned portrait photo by Bailes, signed by the photographer,
showing her three quarters length in typical twenties costume, 9 x 6½, no place, (London) no date,
Item Date: 1923
Background
The Queen visited England for the wedding of the future George VI and the Queen Mother. By this time her marriage was in tatters and the monarchy was ready to topple. Sadly, when she did leave Spain in 1931 she is meant to have said I thought I had done so well.
Stock No. 36370