Queen Sophie of the Hellenes and granddaughter Alexandra
Queen Sophie of Greece holding her granddaughter Alexandra in 1921. The Queen wears mourning here for her son Alexander, the baby's father, who died five months before the child was born, following a bite from a monkey. The curious head dress, similar to a nun's habit, became a fashionable part of mourning wear in the 1920s
Picture No
10223318
Media ID
45177034
Size
2217px x 3425px
(1.5MB)
Credit
©Charlotte Zeepvat/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
The Illustrated London News. 1921
Date
1921
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