3-077-882 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Arrival of the Prince of Wales in Berlin, 1890. 'The arrival of the Prince of Wales [future King Edward VI] and his son Prince George [future King George V] of Wales on Friday, March 21, was an event that excited much interest among the citizens of Berlin. Their Royal Highnesses...were met by the Emperor William II...After cordial greetings between the Emperor and the Prince of Wales - they both wore military uniform - a procession of carriages was formed, with an escort of Cuirassiers, and drove across the Königsplatz, in the Thiergarten, through the Brandenburg Gate, and along the Unter den Linden to the Schloss, or Imperial Palace...The road near the Opera House was lined by the 1st Dragoon Guards Regiment (the Queen of England's), whose light-blue uniform the Emperor wore; and their band played the English National Anthem...[Later] the Emperor wore the uniform of an Admiral of the British Royal Navy, and the Prince of Wales that of the Blücher Hussars'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.