The royal arrival at Ascot mb-code 42-36569568 Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Three soldiers on a bicycle and sidecar

Drapers' Hall

View of Covent Garden showing various street sellers including a shoe shiner

The royal arrival at Ascot mb-code 42-36569568 Washington Irving (1783-1859)The royal arrival at Ascot, c1930s. King George V, Queen Mary, and two of their sons, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII), arrive for the horse racing. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his father, George V, (Daily Express Publication, London, 1936).