Pictures Of King Haakon VII, Queen Maud And Olav

[Prinsara]

Silly little boy grew up... kinda. Sorta. Still has the same crush. https://antique-royals.tumblr.com/po...maud-of-norway

I have absolutely no idea if they were King and Queen here.

[Prinsara]

Maud and Carl/Harry and Charles, very much on honeymoon, 1896, with their cute little nephews David and Bertie at the top. All taken by her sister Toria. https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/fil...1550679904.jpg

Honestly, Maud looks like she doesn't know where Denmark even is and Carl looks like he doesn't care. (Supposed to be there months ago, they were in England for another two months.)

[Denville]

Originally Posted by Prinsara

Maud and Carl/Harry and Charles, very much on honeymoon, 1896, with their cute little nephews David and Bertie at the top. All taken by her sister Toria. https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/fil...1550679904.jpg

Honestly, Maud looks like she doesn't know where Denmark even is and Carl looks like he doesn't care. (Supposed to be there months ago, they were in England for another two months.)

She never did like Denmark, did she?

[Prinsara]

Originally Posted by Denville

She never did like Denmark, did she?

Nope.

Partly psychological, partly rational. (The climate is darker and rainier and she really didn't like her aunt.) The fact that she didn't have any official duties as Princess Carl left her with not much to distract herself from feeling lonely. It's pretty reasonable to see how she wanted to be back in England with him away.

If Norway hadn't happened I imagine Carl eventually would have transferred to the British navy (with whatever degree of outrage, or not) and they would have just lived at Appleton.

[Prinsara]

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...source=sh/x/im

Maud and her three surviving older siblings, in a picture I've never seen before. Honestly, my first thought was 'she's dressed differently than both her older sisters...Alexandra must be dead.' Followed about a minute or so later by 'wait, look at their clothes...no, she's not'.

So, safely establishing this post-1896 and pre-1925 9_9, I notice the link says 'circa 1913', but even that... seems far too late? (They all look pretty young, and if Maud and George both had thrones at that point, would they really let Toria have the chair? Maybe.) Anyone have a slightly narrower window or better guess for when this happened?

It feels very rare to see Maud with both Louise and Toria and all three dressed this dissimilarly, but it instantly lends some contrast to their personalities.