Royal Candids for Christmas

BIT OF HISTORY The Late Queen Alexandra graciously shares her personal family snapshots with us (and the profits go to charity!)

It’s always looked a bit tatty and stained, but then I’ve only known it since the 1970s, and it was already old by then. Queen Alexandra’s Christmas Gift Book, published 1908. Image: Annette Laing, 2024

“Queen Who?” Hoosen asked me, and no wonder. Queen Alexandra was only resident in Buckingham Palace for a few years, a long time ago. “Wife of King Edwar…