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Queen Victoria, a Diamond Jubilee portrait, 1897

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The Prince of Wales (Bertie) at 27 in 1869

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King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra aboard the yacht Victoria and Albert at Cowes, 1909. The King is 67, the Queen 64

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The Empress Frederick (Vicky)

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The Emperor Frederick III (Fritz)

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Prince William’s parents

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Prince William and his mother

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Kaiser William II

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Kaiser William and his wife, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (Dona)

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The Kaiser at Kiel, 1909. Note the use of gloves to extend the apparent length of his miniature left arm.

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The Kaiser and his uncle, Edward VII, in Berlin, 1909

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Otto von Bismarck

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Bismarck and the young Kaiser

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Dropping the pilot” (See here)

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Holstein

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Caprivi

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Eulenburg

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Hohenlohe

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Bernhard von Bülow

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Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

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Alfred von Tirpitz

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Lord Salisbury

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Joseph Chamberlain

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The Colonial Secretary and his wife, Mary

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Cecil Rhodes

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Lord Lansdowne

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Arthur Balfour as Prime Minister, 1902

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Captain John Fisher of H.M.S. Excellent, 1883

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Fisher as Vice Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in the admiral’s cabin of the battleship Renown, 1900

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First Sea Lord

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Lord Charles Beresford

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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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H. H. Asquith

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Margot Tennant

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Venetia Stanley

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The Asquith family and friends in Ireland, 1912. Front row: the Prime Minister (second from left). Margot Asquith (third from left). Violet Asquith. Asquith’s daughter by his first marriage (far right). Back row: Two of Asquith’s sons by his first marriage–Arthur, (second from left) and Cyril (fifth from left).

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David Lloyd George

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Richard B. Haldane

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Sir Edward Grey

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Jennie Churchill, 39, in 1893

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Winston Churchill and his mother in 1912 Winston was 37, Jennie 58.

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Winston Churchill in 1904 when he crossed the aisle, abandoning the Unionists to join the Liberals.

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The First Lord inspecting naval cadets, 1912.

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H.M.S. Dreadnought assuming the role of flagship of the Home Fleet in 1907.