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| Picture No | 10700464 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | Princess Marie Jose of Belgium |
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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 nine, 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.
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| Source | Photograph by Debenhams, Longman in The Tatler, 12 May 1915 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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