King Gustav VI Adolf , his 1st wife Margareth and their family

Brilliant and beautiful pictures KarlandZita! Thank you very much for sharing! I love the clothes and hats of the ladies. Look at the height of the one Queen Mary is wearing!

Is the chap next to George V Arthur of Connaught?

Ann

Is the chap next to George V Arthur of Connaught?

Ann

Yes, it's Prince Arthur of Connaught.

I have a special question:
I love old pictures and postcards and when I take a look to the portraits of the swedish Royals from the 20th to the 50th of last century, I always see the same signature.
You knows, who is the photographer?

Prince Sigvard in Hollywood , chatting with the famous actor Lionel Barrymore



 

Crown Princess Margareta with her children Gustav Adolf, Sigvard and Ingrid and Princess Ingeborg in carriage :



Clich image for enlarge it.

Margaret and little Ingrid

[Princess Margaret "Daisy" of Connaught, later Queen consort to Gustav Adolf VI of Sweden, 1907, by Sir James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923)]

Princess Margaret "Daisy" of Connaught, later Queen consort to Gustav Adolf VI of Sweden, 1907, by Sir James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923)

[Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden (née Connaught) wearing the Khedive of Egypt tiara as a corsage ornament,1909, by Axel JungstedtMargaret wears a dress with dual necklines with about a 6-10 cm gap between them and sleeves turn back to join the lower neckline. The sleeves are assisted by two glittery straps in holding up the lower neckline.]

Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden (née Connaught) wearing the Khedive of Egypt tiara as a corsage ornament,1909, by Axel Jungstedt
Margaret wears a dress with dual necklines with about a 6-10 cm gap between them and sleeves turn back to join the lower neckline. The sleeves are assisted by two glittery straps in holding up the lower neckline.

*all the credit to gogm for this beautiful portrait detail!

[Princess Margaret of Connaught]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/443/407224.jpg
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/egallery/object.asp?maker=12271&object=407224&row=6

larger version

Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882-1920), 1885, by Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908)

The Royal Court announced:

Count Carl Johan Bernadotte av Wisborg passed away aged 95 on saturday may 5th.

The late Count was the fifth and youngest child of HM King Gustav VI Adolf and then Crown Princess Margareta,néé Princess of Connaught
and the last of the great grandsons of HM Queen Victoria.

Flags at the Royal Residences are at half mast.

R.I.P.

Here is an obituary from the Daily Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/9249430/Count-Carl-Johan-Bernadotte.html

The funeral service on May 14th is at Bästad Church after which the casket will be taken to Stockholm where Count
Carl Johan will lay in State on a lit de parade at the Royal Palace Church.He will be interred at the Royal Haga cemetary.

beautiful painting of margaret! thanks for sharing it!

The death of Queen Victoria's last surviving great-grandchild

http://www.royalhistorian.com/death-of-queen-victorias-last-surviving-great-grandchild-carl-johan-bernadotte-count-of-wisborg/