2-717-105 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Prince of Wales Holding his First Levee, February 18, 1863', (1901). Prince Albert Edward (1841-1910, the future King Edward VII, second left), meets officials, diplomats, and military officers at St James's Palace in London. Court levées were formal receptions held by the British monarchy until 1939. Guests in full dress uniform or court dress were presented individually, and bowed to the monarch, with officials of the Royal Household and senior officers in attendance. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]