Picture No | 10700947 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family |
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Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, with the Duchess (Victoria Adelaide) and their family, from left: Prince John Leopold; Prince Hubert; Princess Caroline; Princess Sybil. The grandson of Queen Victoria, and son of the Duke of Albany, Charles Edward faced a conflict of national loyalty as war broke out months after this photograph was taken. Holding a commission in the German army, he chose to support Germany rather than the country of his birth.
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Source | The Sphere 11 July 1914 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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