Wife of Edward VII, mother of George V. Born at the Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. As an adult gradually became profoundly deaf. It is said the Queen Victoria learnt the British Sign Language alphabet so as to be able to converse with her daughter-in-law. Died at Sandringham.
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Queen Alexandra
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Queen Alexandra statue
{On a large bronze plaque on the front of the plinth:} Her Majesty Queen Alex...
Queen Alexandra - SW1
The building behind this monument, Marlborough House, was where Alexandra and...
Surbiton clock tower
{Plaque beneath a medallion of King Edward VII:} Coronation clock tower - a s...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Queen Alexandra
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Chelsea Hospital for Women
Princess Alexandra was laying the foundation stone for the Chelsea Hospital f...
Edith Cavell statue
This was the obvious memorial to choose as the first featured memorial for Lo...
Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
Other Subjects
Sophia Duleep Singh
Princess Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh was a prominent suffragette in the UK. Her father was Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh, who had been taken from his kingdom of Punjab to the British Raj, and was ...
Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward
Queen Elizabeth II's third son. Born Buckingham Palace. Married Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999.
King George I
Born Hanover. When the last of Queen Anne's 17 children died without issue (no one could accuse her of not trying) there were lots of Catholic potential claimants, but Britain wanted a Protestant h...
Queen Anne
Born St James's Palace. Reigned 1702 - 14. Married Prince George of Demark in 1683. From 17 pregnancies only 5 children lived long enough to be christened and the longest surviving died aged 11. An...