King Edward VII as volunteer - in camp at the Curragh
King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, in training as a Volunteer in camp at the Curragh in Co. Kildare. In August 1861, Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort went to Ireland to visit him, although the subsequent revelation that the Prince has been introduced to a prostitute while at the camp was said to have contributed towards the Prince Consort's illness and untimely death in December that year. An x marks the Prince who is seated on the ground at the front
Picture No
13753468
Media ID
47100429
Size
6088px x 3772px
(2.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in King Edward VII: His Life and Times', page 104
Date
1861
