#Princess Alexandra of Wales

[empress-alexandra]

Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia with her sister Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, during Russian state visit in 1873.

[lionhearteddame]

”The menagerie of canines the Princess of Wales accumulated was a diverse collection which rivalled even that of her royal mother-in-law.”

The Dogs of Alexandra of Denmark: A Tour of the Kennels at Sandringham by Mimi Matthews

[…] “The Queen opens the door of each kennel herself, and its occupants come rushing out at the sound of her voice; indeed, the previous barking has shown that they know who is approaching even before she speaks.  The scene is one of tremendous animation when all the dogs have been liberated, and deerhounds, wolfhounds, terriers, Newfoundlands, Spitz’s, Bassets, and collies come jumping and barking around.”

[kaiserrreich]

Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom moodboard

"Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful? / Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?" - Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey

I didn't know which one to use 1st or 2nd 😭which one is better? next one is probably gonna be Maria and Alexandra and a different layout

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Sweet moments with Leopold ❤️‍🩹

1st photo: Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia with his brother-in-law Prince Leopold of Great Britain

2nd photo: Alexandra Princess of Wales showing a picture of the recently deceased Prince Albert to her brother-in-law Prince Leopold of Great Britain

[21stcenturyroyals]

21ST CENTURY ROYALS (2000-2099) | 12x23: “Happy new year”

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Mother, Mum, Mamma || Catherine & Charlotte, Elizabeth & Charles, Mary & George, Anne & Zara, Diana & William, Alexandra & Louise

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

Royal Parallels: Queen Alexandra (then Princess of Wales) painted by Richard Lauchert, 1863, Empress Elizabeth of Austria painted by Franz Winterhalter, 1864 and The Princess of Wales (then Duchess of Cambridge) photographed by Paolo Roversi, 2021.

[the-jewel-catalogue]

Queen Alexandra's Jewels

RIGHT: The Princess of Wales wearing a diamond and emerald brooch with Prince of Wales feathers, a wedding gift to Alexandra from the women of North Wales. It originally had a triangle of three diamonds on top.

LEFT: Queen Elizabeth II wears the Dagmar cross necklace - without the crucial cross - to a film premier in London in 1960, together with earrings that were a wedding present to Alexandra from her husband.

Alexandra would bequeath the necklace 'to the crown jewels - on the condition that no part of it shall ever be altered'. Queen Elizabeth II wore it occasionally in her younger years - including on a state visit to Denmark in 1957 but it has not been seen in many years.

Credit: Majesty Magazine & Trond Isaksen

[aimeedaisies]

Aimee’s 2023 royal family engagement count: The final results!

Disclaimer; everyone’s counts will be different, people have different rules to their method of counting the Court Circular. It isn’t a definitive count and is done just for fun 💗

The court circular doesn’t record any work behind the scenes, only public engagements, official meetings and luncheons/dinners. It’s more a gauge of their public facing roles.

👑 Princess Anne 👑

Once again Princess Anne tops the chart as the hardest working royal, completing 467 engagements.

She has done 393 engagements in the UK.

She travelled to 10 different countries this year and did 74 engagements there. 🇨🇾🇪🇪🇳🇿🇦🇺🇫🇷🇨🇦🇩🇪🇯🇪🇮🇳🇬🇮

Dubbed by some as the unofficial Queen of Scots she did 62 in Scotland.

King Charles III

In the first year of his reign King Charles did a grand total of 463 engagements

In the UK he did 386 engagements.

He travelled to 5 different countries where he completed 76 engagements and did 3 full royal tours in Germany, France and Kenya. He also hosted a state visit for South Korea at Buckingham Palace. 🇩🇪🇷🇴🇫🇷🇰🇪🇦🇪

What is also worth mentioning is that he has Red Boxes that he has to go through every single day, except Christmas Day and Easter Sunday as well as a lot of work behind the scenes.

Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh

This year, on his 59th birthday, Prince Edward became the Duke of Edinburgh, taking the title of his father. With this he increased his work with the Duke of Edinburgh award and travelling to visit international sections of the award. Prince Edward also visited a lot of theatre related organisations and youth centres and charities.

He completed 294 this year and visited 13 countries on solo tours and with his wife. 🇹🇨🇧🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇿🇮🇪🇹🇷🇧🇭🇸🇬🇳🇿🇦🇺🇮🇩

Sophie, The Duchess of Edinburgh

In 2023 Sophie carried on her hard work in areas like women’s rights in disadvantaged areas, avoidable blindness, hygiene and agriculture.

She completed 226 this year in the UK and the commonwealth and visited 10 countries on solo tours and with her husband. 🇳🇱🇹🇨🇧🇸🇮🇶🇮🇹🇪🇹🇨🇦🇨🇴🇨🇭

Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester

The Duke of Gloucester has this year completed 208 engagements in the UK.

He continued his long lasting work in heritage, architecture, the St John’s Ambulance and military organisations.

Hopefully next year we will see him do some overseas engagements. 🕯️

Queen Camilla

In the year of her Coronation, Queen Camilla carried out 198 engagements.

She visited Germany, France and Kenya where she did 42 engagements whilst on official tours. 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇰🇪

She focused a lot of her engagements this year on sectors close to her heart like women’s & children’s charities, osteoporosis care and animal welfare.

Prince William, The Prince of Wales

The Prince of Wales this year carried out engagements in the UK and the Commonwealth in areas like mental health, homelessness and conservation. In 2023 he did 183 engagements.

Prince William travelled to 4 countries where he did 32 engagements related to Earthshot in USA and Singapore, visiting Ukrainian troops in Poland, attending the Jordanian royal wedding in June and finally travelling to Kuwait to give his condolences to to The Emir of Kuwait following the death of The Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. 🇵🇱🇺🇸🇯🇴🇸🇬🇰🇼

Catherine, The Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales carried out 134 engagements throughout 2023. Catherine continued her work in her Early Years foundation and childhood development.

She visited France for two, one off engagements for the rugby World Cup in France and to Jordan for Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa’s wedding in June. 🇫🇷🇯🇴

Hopefully we will see her and the Prince of Wales go on a couple of overseas tours next year now that their children are older.

Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester

The Duchess of Gloucester has this year completed 127 engagements in the UK. She continued her long lasting work in sports, the arts (Opera, Ballet, Acting etc…) and accompanying her husband to official engagements.

Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence

Although not an official working royal, Sir Tim often attends as a great support to his wife’s engagements as well as having his own non-royal patronages and interests. It was recently announced that he would become chair of the Science Museum group and is the patron of a number of heritage organisations.

He accompanied his wife to a total of 92, represented her 4 times and accompanied her to 27 engagements abroad in 5 countries. 🇪🇪🇳🇿🇦🇺🇫🇷🇬🇮

(Operation working royal Tim) 👏

Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent.

Despite being 88, Prince Edward, the late Queens cousin, has carried out 75 engagements even with his ailing mobility.

He continued his valued hard work with organisations like the RNLI, the Royal Scots Guards and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which he recently passed on the presidency to the Princess Royal.

Princess Alexandra of Kent

Although she is practically retired now, we have seen Princess Alexandra attend four official engagements in 2023. Firstly she attended a Reception for British East and South-East Asian Communities, secondly to present medals to members of The Royal Lancers, thirdly she attended the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla and lastly she visited the Royal Chelsea Flower Show.

This year the British Royal Family completed a grand total of 2476 in the UK and 29 different countries across the world.

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See below for engagements from the past decade and the types of engagements carried out in 2023

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♚♛ EUROPEAN MONARCHS AND THEIR HEIRS ♛♚

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♔ UNITED KINGDOM┆ King Charles III → William, The Prince of Wales → Prince George of Wales

♔ SPAIN┆King Felipe VI → Princess Leonor, The Princess of Asturias

♔ BELGIUM┆ King Philippe → Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant

♔ SWEDEN ┆ King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden → Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland → Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland

♔ DENMARK ┆ Queen Margrethe II → Crown Prince Frederik → Prince Christian

♔ NORWAY ┆ King Harald V of Norway → Crown Prince Haakon → Princess Ingrid Alexandra

♔ LUXEMBOURG ┆ Grand Duke Henri → Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume → Prince Charles

♔ NETHERLANDS┆ King Willem-Alexander → Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

♔ MONACO┆ Prince Albert II → Hereditary Prince Jacques, → Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès

[grandmaster-anne]

Christmas 2022 & New Year 2023 To mark the 100th anniversary of Good Housekeeping, The Queen Consort, The Princess of Wales, The Princess Royal, The Countess of Wessex, The Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Alexandra have all contributed to a special issue highlighting some of the important causes they support. Featuring on the cover of this month’s Good Housekeeping, The Queen Consort discusses the work of the domestic abuse charity SafeLives to raise awareness of their important work. For many years, Her Majesty has highlighted the work of domestic abuse charities and the work they do to support victims and survivors, both in the UK and overseas, with the aim of breaking the taboo around the subject. Also featuring in the issue: 📍 The Princess of Wales on why Family Action is close to her heart 📍 The Princess Royal shares why she’s raising awareness for the Carers Trust 📍 The Countess of Wessex highlights the work of the NSPCC and Childline 📍 The Duchess of Gloucester reflects on the work of Missing People 📍 Princess Alexandra talks about her work for the Alzheimer's Society

[empress-alexandra]

Queen Alexandra - consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom - when she was Princess of Wales, mid 1880s.

[lionhearteddame]

On December the 14th 1878, Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse died after a short battle with illness. Alice, who were the sister-in-law of Princess Alexandra, is said to have been her brother Albert’s favourite sister. Albert sank deep in grief at the loss of Alice and his wife, Princess Alexandra (seated beneath Alice in the photo) said upon meeting Queen Victoria;

"I wish I had died instead of her".

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Franz Xavier Winterhalter (German, 1805 - 1873) Portrait of Czarina Maria Feodorovna and Her Sister Alexandra, Princess of Wales, 1868

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Danish royal family 1872

Tsesarevna Maria Feodorovna with her son Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, Princess Alexandra of Wales and her daughter Princess Maud and Princess Victoria with her grandmother Queen Louise, Crown Prince Frederick and his sister Princess Thyra, Prince Albert Victor, Grand Duke Nicholas, Prince George (I don't really know who the girl next to Nicholas is but it might be Princess Louise of Wales), Princess Louise and her son Prince Christian of Denmark.

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The royal family's official coronation portrait