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16th May 1911. Unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace by two of her grandsons King George V and Kaiser Wilhelm ll.

Another mystery solved. And another reason to return to Clouds Hill. thetimes.com/article/a67ff8…

TE Lawrence’s brother Frank killed in 1915

Oh no! I hadn’t realised in the other long shot that there were sailors on those masts! How the hell did this happen?!

A beggar runs beside the royal carriage at Ascot 1920.

Why did Queen Letizia of Spain wear all white in the presence of Pope Leo XIV, while all the other women wore the traditional black? Many media outlets praised the Queen's 'disruptive' all-white style. They are, unfortunately, ignorant of the tradition of Le privilège du blanc.

The retirement home of a certain Mr Holmes:

Fougasse re-imagined:

A 'striking' photograph by Robert Johnson (1856-1926) circa 1897. King George V was a heavy smoker and in later life suffered from chronic pulmonary disease.

Has Mycroft Holmes visited his brother in Sussex?

Captured standards! The pennants from General Kreipe's car, now displayed in the Folklore Museum in Rethymnon. "Then – we couldn’t resist it – we each broke off one of the flags which had served us so well. I gave mine to George who waved them both, saying, ‘Captured

Centenary of the death of Sir John French. Memorial in Canterbury Cathedral:

The National Machine Gun Factory at Branston Staffordshire was begun in the middle of WW1 but completed just too late to make any weapons. In 1920 it was sold to food company Crosse & Blackwell who invented their famed pickle there.