Princess Marie Jose of Belgium
MARIA JOSE OF BELGIUM (1906-2001) Wife of Umberto of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, and daughter of Albert of Belgium. Pictured in The Tatler at the age of eight, as a royal refugee after she and her brothers had travelled to Britain during the early weeks of the First World War. Princess Marie Jose was a photogenic symbol of Brave Little Belgium and a poster girl for the Allied causes during the war and subsequently her photograph featured frequently in illustrated magazines
Picture No
13991039
Media ID
45426365
Size
3952px x 6033px
(2.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Keturah Collings in The Tatler, 9 September 1914
Date
1914
