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European Royalty Meets in Homburg (1883)
This photograph shows Kaiser Wilhelm I (standing, front) hosting international royalty on the occasion of imperial maneuvers in Homburg. Among those pictured are: Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (in March 1888, Kaiser Friedrich III), second from right; Prince Wilhelm (in June 1888, Kaiser Wilhelm II), seventh from right; Alphons XIII of Spain, standing beside Wilhelm I; and, on the extreme right, the Prince of Wales (later Britain’s King Eduard VII).