23 February 2013

Nine Kings

Windsor, 1910

Posted by Laguna Beach Fogey at 08:51

9 comments:

GSL said...

This pic occasions not only the funeral of Edward the 'Caresser' (VII) but also the pinnacle of Western hegemony, and the opening scene of Tuchman's very fine "Guns of August".

23 February, 2013 12:02
DEK said...

No regnant queens in those days. It is a shame they couldn't have gotten Russia, Italy and Austria-Hungary in for the picture.

Interesting, how many of them I recognized from their coins.

Kings knew how to dress in those days.

23 February, 2013 12:53
Anonymous said...

Poignant photo: Height of Western power- just before the beginning of the destruction of Monarchies, and civilization. Thanks to Wilson (no relation- Deo Gratias). JS Wilson

23 February, 2013 13:12
MGM said...

I used to have a regal, imperialist jacket like the ones shown, and would sometimes wear it about the town, but soon discovered that a look such as this has no place in the modern world. I then sold it on ebay for tons of $$$

23 February, 2013 18:34
Anonymous said...

Mine is the first standing on the right.

Pro Patria et Rege

25 February, 2013 04:14
Per Varios Casus said...

The calm before the storm. WWI was the worse thing to happen to the world in the last 100 years. It directly and indirectly led to so much of what turned the world into the horrid state it's in.

25 February, 2013 09:34
Lutetia Dandy Club said...

Incredible picture, if only our leaders had as much presence...

25 February, 2013 15:01
J.W. said...

I assume you gentlemen have read "Flashman"?

25 February, 2013 19:16
Isak Dinesen said...

Sure J.W.

Very "Royal Flash" indeed...

28 February, 2013 08:21

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