The wedding of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Princess Ena
The British Ambassador and officers of the 16th lancers helping Queen Ena to alight after the bomb explosion. On May 31st 1906, Princess Ena of Battenberg, daughter of Princess Beatrice and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, married King Alfonso XIII of Spain. On their return from the Church of San Geronimo in Madrid, an anarchist, Mateo Moral, threw a bomb at the couple's carriage. It narrowly missed the royal pair but killed 20 others and injured 80
Picture No
10223186
Media ID
46007310
Size
3488px x 4527px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News. 1906
Date
1906
