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Tsar Nicholas IIVintage Photographs - Royalty
Updated - Saturday, 27 May, 2006

This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war.  Specifically this sub-section contains photos of worldwide royalty.

Click here to read introductory notes relating to this section, including information on photograph sources.  Use the sidebar to the right to select other categories of photos available within this section.

The photos reproduced below are in thumbnail format - simply click a given photograph to view a larger copy within a separate window.

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King George V and Admiral Beatty (CNP)

King Albert I and Sir Douglas Haig (CNP)
Yoshihito Harunomiya, Emperor of Japan (CNP) King Peter of Serbia (CNP)
King Victor Emanuele III of Italy (CNP) King Ferdinand of Bulgaria with Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl I (CNP)
German Emperor Wilhelm II with Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl I (CNP) Crown Prince Wilhelm (CNP)
Prince Leopold of Bavaria (CNP) Tsar Nicholas II (CNP)
King Ferdinand I of Romania (CNP) American troops in London reviewed by King George V (CNP)
King George V in a gun-pit (MF) Kaiser Wilhelm II (CPE)
Sultan Mehmed V (CPE) King Peter I of Serbia (CPE)
King Ferdinand of Romania (CPE) Prince Alexander, Serbian Heir-Apparent (CPE)
Crown Prince George of Greece (CPE) King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (CPE)
General Joseph Joffre, French Commander-in-Chief (CPE) King Albert I of Belgium (CPE)
Yoshihito Harunomiya, Emperor of Japan (CPE) King Nicholas I of Montenegro (CPE)
Emperor Karl I of Austria-Hungary (CPE) Archduke Franz Ferdinand with Kaiser Wilhelm II (CPE)
King Victor Emanuele III of Italy (CPE) King Constantine I of Greece (CPE)
Emperor Franz-Josef I (CPE) Tsar Nicholas II (CPE)
King George V (CPE) Joffre, Poincare, George V, Foch, Haig (CPE)
Grand Duke Nicholas (CPE) Bavarian Prince Leopold (CPE)
German Crown Prince Wilhelm (CPE) Austro-Hungarian Commander-in-Chief Archduke Friedrich (left) (CPE)
French Army reviewed by King George V, Poincare and Joffre, 25 Oct 15 (CPE) Crown Prince Rupert of Bavaria (SR)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his wife and children (WW) Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary (WW)
German Kaiser Wilhelm II (WW) German Crown Prince Wilhelm (WW)
King George V (WW) Queen Mary (WW)
The Prince of Wales (WW) Queen Elizabeth of Belgium (WW)
King Albert I of Belgium (WW) Sultan Mehmed V (WW)
Funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Trieste (WW) Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (WW)
Emperor Karl I of Austria-Hungary with Empress Zita (WW) King Peter I of Serbia in the Serbian Retreat (WW)
King Peter I of Serbia (WW) King Ferdinand of Romania reviewing an infantry brigade (WW)
King Ferdinand of Romania (WW) King Victor Emmanuel III (WW)
Ex-King Constantine, ex-Queen Sophie and family in Swiss exile (WW) Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarine Alexandra and their family (WW)
Queen Marie of Romania (WW) Archduke Franz Ferdinand (NW)
Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary (NW) Tsar Nicholas II tasting the soup served to the Russian Army (NW)
King George V inspecting a portion of the BEF (NW) Tsar Nicholas II with King George V (NW)
Emperor Franz-Josef I and Archduke Franz Ferdinand (NW) Crown Prince Wilhelm visiting German troops on the Western Front (NW)
Imperial Guard reviewed by Wilhelm II and, extreme right, von Bulow (NW) King George V and Sir Douglas Haig (NW)
Wilhelm II, Alfred von Tirpitz and Henning von Holtzendorff (NW) King George and the Queen pay tribute to Lord Kitchener (NW)
Sultan Mehmed leaving his carriage (NW) The King, Queen and Crown Prince of Romania (NW)
Prince Leopold of Bavaria, conqueror of Warsaw, riding in Poland (NW) Prince Andreas at the head of the Greek Army (NW)
King George V's homage to the Unknown Soldier, 11 November 1920 (MF) King George V (HW)
Emperor Karl and Empress Zita with Hungarian leaders (HW) King George V (HW)
King Victor Emanuele III of Italy (HW) King Albert I of Belgium (HW)
King Albert I of Belgium at the head of his troops (HW) King Albert I of Belgium (HW)
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium (HW) Kaiser Wilhelm II (right) with the Hetman of Ukrainia, Skoropadski (HW)
Kaiser Wilhelm II and his six sons (HW) Prince Max of Baden (HW)
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (HW) Emperor Franz-Josef during a state occasion (HW)
Kaiser Wilhelm II (HW) The German General Staff, led by Kaiser Wilhelm II (HW)
Kaiser Wilhelm II reviewing goose-stepping German troops (HW) King Albert and Queen Elizabeth re-enter Bruges, 23 Oct 1918 (HW)
Admirals Beatty and Rodman, King George V and the Prince of Wales (HW) Tsar Nicholas II reviewing his troops for the Front (GW)
Emperor Franz Josef (GW) King Albert I of Belgium (GW)
King George V (GW) Sir Pertab Singh (GW)
King Albert (GW) Duke Albrecht of Wuertemberg (GW)
King George V, the Queen and Lord Kitchener (left) visit a British camp (GW) Mohammed V, Sultan of Turkey (GW)

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