Edward Vii Life, Reign, Death, Details & History Worksheets
There followed a far extra ambitious enterprise in 1886, when the prince with exceptional vigour helped to organise an exhibition of the manufactures and arts of India and the colonies. It was the only one of these ventures which was controlled by a royal commission, and the prince was president of the commissioners. Queen Victoria, on her son’s representations, showed an unwonted activity by opening this exhibition in particular person . During Queen Victoria’s widowhood, Edward pioneered the thought of royal public appearances as they are understood today—for example, opening the Thames Embankment in 1871, the Mersey Tunnel in 1886,...