3-082-594 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Queen-Regent, mother of the Queen of the Netherlands, 1895. 'The visit of Queen Wilhelmina and her mother, the Queen Dowager and Regent Emma, to her aunt the Duchess of Albany, at Claremont, is a family affair...But it is to be hoped that a few years hence, when the young reigning Queen, whose fifteenth birthday will be in August, shall have entered the social circle of adult personages of her own high rank, she may again and repeatedly come to England, to be a welcome guest at Windsor, at Osborne, or at Balmoral. A royal sovereignty worn in girlhood is a political phenomenon which has, in many historical instances, appealed to the spirit of chivalry, as well as to that of national loyalty, with a peculiar and powerful charm...Other reasons and motives, both those of practical importance to European policy and those of sympathy derived from old historical associations, should incline reflecting Englishmen to regard the position of Queen Wilhelmina, and all that she represents, with considerable interest...The Queen-mother is a Princess of the German reigning family of Waldeck and Pyrmont, which was one of the most faithful allies of the Dutch Republic two centuries ago'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.