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Not sure if I posted this alternative picture of HRH Henry of Battenburg, and son-in-law of Queen Victoria – the other picture is still the wallpaper on my phone, has been for years. This is the epitomy of style to me.
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King Edward looking fly in a tweed cap and kilt.
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I’ve been past his palace in Addis Abbaba – you can’t go in cos it’s military/government. You can go into Haile Selassie’s old palace though – I’ve stood in his bedroom and bathroom!
Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia.
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A more traditional shot of Edward VII. Strange how the younger shots of him his beard doesn’t really suit him – one of the things about beards is sometimes it takes years or a certain time before they bed in, they’re not an overnight thing. Or maybe there’s just a time when they just work, I dunno. They work better on older men, certainly…on younger guys it can look like a strange attempt to look older (guilty as charged!) or misplaced. Depends on the person/face I think.
Anyway Edward looks grand and regal here. Maybe he’s thinking of putting out fires.
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King Edward VII with his terrier Caesar, 1908, Caesar outlived the King and walked behind his coffin in the funeral procession. From the Royal Collection.
