#Queen Maud of Norway

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The "Arlesienne" evening dress by the House of Worth (ca. 1912-13)

Worn by Queen Maud of Norway

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Alexandra, Princess of Wales (later Queen of the UK) and Princess Maud of Wales, 1872 🤍

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♥︎ Alexandra, Princess of Wales, and her children, during August, 1874. ♥︎

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Queen Maud of Norway, Jay's evening dress, machine-woven silk fabric, silk tulle and metal lace, hand-embroidered with metal and plastic sequins, plastic straws, artificial diamonds and pearls, machine- and hand-stitched, early 1920s.

Queen Maud of Norway was renowned for her stylish dress. Daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, she was born a princess and became Queen of Norway in 1905. She had exemplary taste and a strong interest in fashion, and her royal lifestyle required appropriate dress for every occasion. Her wardrobe includes a range of stunning creations dating from her wedding trousseau of 1896 to the latest House of Worth designs purchased just months before her death in 1938.

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Queen Maud of Norway (daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of UK) Coronation Dress 1906.

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Nicholas II welcomes one of his cousins.

This picture just grabbed me when I saw it. It seemed to me they just wanted to open their arms and hug each other, which would not have been inappropriate, being that they were cousins (at first, I thought the lady was Toria, but then I looked better and saw the gentleman following Nick, who looks like Hakoon and changed my mind...this must be Maud welcoming Nicholas.) If I am wrong, just correct me.

I included pictures of Nicky with his cousins. They all spent their childhoods getting together and when the family circle started disintegrating and closing, they must have missed each other.

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Princess Maud of Wales - later Queen Maud of Norway - early 1890s.

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Members of the British Royal Family attend the coronation of King George VI and Queen Consort Elizabeth, 1937.

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Queen Maud of Norway || Rosalie Whyte of the Royal Female School of Art

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The Norwegian Royal Family:

King Haakon VII of Norway, Queen Maud, Crown Prince Olav and their whippet.

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Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud of Wales, Late 1870s - Early 1880s

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Dress

Worn by Queen Maud of Norway

Creation date: 1916

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"The Wales cousins had a special way of adding “dear little” or “poor little” to everybody they talked about. They always, if I can so express it, spoke in a minor key, en sourdine. It gave a special quality to all talks with them, and gave me a strange sensation, as though life would have been very wonderful and everything very beautiful, if it had not been so sad...... Why the Wales cousins should have been sad I cannot explain...."

– The young Princess Marie of Edinburgh on the daughters of the Prince and Princess of Wales

From the book: "The story of my life", by Queen Marie of Romania.

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Though Maud was 11 years old in 1879 and looked in this sketch way younger, this is still definitely her! And keep in mind her whole life she was very petite.

Study of the Princess of Wales with her daughter, in the dress she wore at the wedding of the Duke of Connaught, 13 March 1879 by Ella Taylor.  (x)

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THE BICYCLE WAS ALL THE RAGE, SO THE ROYALS HAD TO GET INTO CYCLING

On the photo above, from left to right: Prince Valdemar of Denmark, Emperor Nicholas II, “Greek Georgie” (Prince George of Greece), “Greek Nicky” (Prince Nicholas of Greece) and Prince Christopher of Denmark. These guys really dressed up to go riding…neck tie, hat…

On the photo below, from left to right, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich…the jock of the group as usual, notice the handle of his bike; Cousin Victoria of Wales with an incredibly small waist, Queen Maud and her handsome and intelligent husband Hakoon VII.