3-086-057 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The King of Denmark's Eightieth Birthday: a royal group at Copenhagen, 1898. 'Princess of Wales; Prince Waldemar; Dowager Empress of Russia; The Czar; King of Denmark; Queen of Denmark; Princess Victoria of Wales...a very representative royal group taken at Copenhagen, which, owing to royal inter-marriages, is more frequently than most capitals the scene of illustrious family gatherings. Christian IX. of Denmark, who celebrated his eightieth birthday yesterday (Good Friday), is generally spoken of even in diplomatic circles as "a lucky King." Sometimes the adjective is uttered without the faintest arrière-pensee; at other times it is emphasised in a manner which breeds the suspicion that the speaker is not altogether convinced that "luck" and talent are very often only convertible terms. Now, there is not the least doubt that Christian, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...has never adopted a disguise in his daily perambulations through his capital.' Photograph by Mr. George, of Bernstorff. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.