Princess Beatrice, Prince Henry of Battenberg and family

Yes. I agree it was Windsor Castle.

The most well-known photo

 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/grandduchessella/3294627.jpg

Bigger and unmarked



Large if its resized

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/378527911_53a8bdc6bb_o.jpg

I THINK theres another.... much bigger..... Princess Beatrice thread

There is. I had stated that in the beginning (and provided a link) but that I wasn't going to merge this thread right away because of the specificity of the request.

Anyway, I found some of my old photos and used the iphone on them again--I think I'm getting better with it.  I tried to get some close-ups of the dresses.

These are from the sketch I referenced (the one from the wedding issue of the Illustrated London News)

Maud`s eyes looks scary!!! i hate when photographers retouched eyes like that, they look like Pms (post mortems...you know..photographers used to sew eyelids and take  eyeballs out from the orbits  with a spoon to keep eyes open and make the dead one look alive...)

Something I did not know before. Intersting (if not a bit creepy) information.

I really like this picture of Beatrice reading to QV, very homely.

I think this is the portrait of Victoria Hesse that you can see dead center on the wall between Beatrice & QV.

I collect Pms and i ve read a lot about the process to prepare a dead body  to make it look "alive"

Really? Very interesting I'm sure, but I don't think I'd be able to read about it. Creep me out too much. Does it ever seem creepy to you while reading about it and what not?

Well..im used to read about death and stuff , so i dont find it that creepy.

But well, this is not the topic to talk about, if you please we can keep the chat in the Post mortem images`s topic ;-D

It could well be. :-)

I always think of Princess Beatrice's only home being Kensington Palace!! According to the guide book for Carisbrooke Castle, when she succeeded her husband as Governor in 1896 till  she died in 1944 the castle had been her home for 55 years. Apparently the upper part of the Gatehouse was formerly a museum founded in memory of Prince Henry.

Not to mention Osborne Cottage too...

Osborne Cottage is now a care home & looks like a lovely house:

http://www.islecare.org/osborne_cottage.php

Apparently Beatrice sold it in 1912 against the wishes of George V.

Some interesting recollections of Beatrice..

http://www.iwbeacon.com/The-Princess-of-the-Wight.aspx

Thanks for the links.