3-086-069 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Confirmation of Princess Alice of Albany at St. George's Church, Cannes: The Queen leaving the church after the ceremony, 1898. 'From a Photograph supplied by Mr. Edward Hewelson, Cannes. Her Majesty the Queen, on Saturday afternoon, went to Cannes with Princess Christian, Princess Henry of Battenberg, the Countess Erbach, and the younger members of their families, to be present at the confirmation of the young Princess Alice of Albany, at St. George's English Memorial Church, where the Queen was met by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Albany. The religious rite was administered by the Bishop of Winchester; the Bishop of Gibraltar and the Rev. James Aitken, incumbent of St. George's Church, took part in the service. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, with their two daughters, the Austrian Archduke and Archduchess Rainer, the Count and Countess of Caserta, and Prince Nicholas of Nassau were present'. Queen Victoria's Indian attendant, Mohammed Abdul Karim (1863-1909), also known as "the Munshi", served her during the final 14 years of her reign. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.