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    Thanks Cygnus.. had a few issues inserting the photo, but managed it in the end!

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    This is not really my vintage photo...but an interesting vinatge photo none-the-less




    The child in the photo (with his father) is Wilhelm II of Germany ... later to be Emperor Wilhelm II during World War I (whilst his relatives 'King George V' of the UK and 'Czar Nicholas II' of Russia were also grand-children of Queen Victoria against Germany during WWI - the same years in which King George V formed the Windsor family to replace the German family name " "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" )

    All I can say is that History is pretty darned weird ;-)

    Sometimes these odd points make me wonder what the real story was ... the story aside from the "official story" presented to the masses.

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    Though George V and Czar Nicholas II were cousins, Nicholas was not descended from Victoria. It was Nicholas’ wife, Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova (née Alix of Hesse and by Rhine) who was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. But to show you how intermarried these royal families were, Nicholas’ mother was Dagmar of Denmark whose sister Alexandra was the wife of Edward VII of the UK and whose brother George was the grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The First World War looks like a family feud that got out of hand.
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    Lovely stuff there!

    Here are some more















    Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte

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    OC Richard ,

    I have always been amazed by your vintage photos , absolutely first rate !

    I have been reading some history on Jack Churchill from WW II , ( Mad Jack ) , and was wondering if you had any vintage pics of him .

    My Best to You , Mike

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    mad jack,that would be awesome

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