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7 comments:
A very rare thing, that. Three kings in a single year is a souvenir feat.
I notice that all three are wearing their wings, but were all three actually trained pilots? Who did George V fly with, the Wright brothers?
Seeing photos like this makes me fully realise that I would have been better served to have been born around 1890, and to have been in the Trenches with my Comrades.
This current world is so lacking in grandeur.
Seeing photos like this makes me fully realise that I would have been better served to have been born around 1890, and to have been in the Trenches with my Comrades.
This current world is so lacking in grandeur.
Sir,
So you would have liked to be in the trenches of the Great War? In the trenches of the war that destroyed the old world and eventually brought about this one?
At least there was a Imperial Brotherhood & Bond of Loyalty in those trenches ...
That photo gives me the chills... of awe. You can't help it when you look at a part of history that was so monumental. It was indeed a rare time in the monarchy.
I'm awfully late in posting. Just a note to say that I've presently, here in my study, got one eye on a decorative plate my father's given me, with the words "Three Kings in One Year" written discreetly on its face, and surrounded by three images of the various kings wrapped in laurels. Wonderful stuff!
Best,
M
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