2-717-121 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Princess Alexandra as Queen of England: Her Majesty passing through the Royal Gallery at the opening of King Edward VII's First Parliament, February 14, 1901'. King Edward VII (1841-1910) and his wife Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) in the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. On the death of his mother Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901, Edward became King of the United Kingdom, and Alexandra became Queen consort. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]