The Queen and the Photograph.
Here is a new and characteristic story about the Queen. She commanded the young widow of a certain major of the Artillery, who had fallen in South Africa, under peculiarly sad conditions, to visit her at Windsor; she al 3o asked to see the baby—a posthumous child—to whom she had consented ix> act as godmother. When her visitors were leaving, the Queen expressed a wish to have their photographs, with that of the deceased officer. The widow, with extraordinary lack of taste, had her photograph taken in full evening dress. It was returned by Her Majesty.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue II, 12 January 1901, Page 59
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101The Queen and the Photograph. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue II, 12 January 1901, Page 59
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