A NEW exhibition at Welshpool's Powysland Museum was officially opened last Friday by Mrs Gerda Petri, director of the Amalienborg Museum in Copenhagen and part of the Royal Danish Collections.
Entitled "Alexandra, Princess and Queen", the exhibition can be seen until September 30.
Senior Museum Curator Eva Bredsdorff said this is the first exhibition in Britain dedicated to this popular member of the royal family who was a Danish prin
cess, the oldest daughter of King Christian IX and Queen Louise.
In 1863 she was married to Prince Edward, the oldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and as such became the longest serving Princess of Wales. On the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 Prince Edward became King Edward VII and she became Queen of England.
She lived through turbulent times including the First World War and died in 1925.
Alexandra was known for her generosity and kindness as well as her charity work and deep interest in nursing and education.
She was an accomplished photographer and artist and a devoted daughter-in-law to Queen Victoria, a loyal wife to Edward VII and a most loving mother and grandmother.
The exhibition reflects all these aspects of her life and contains items on loan from the Royal Collections in Britain and in Denmark, from the National Portrait Gallery, the London Hospital Museum and Archive, the National Museum Wales and several local museums in Wales.
The exhibition has been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Powys County Council.
The start of the exhibition will coincide with the museum's summer opening times, which are: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 11am-1pm and 2pm to 5pm; Saturday and Sunday: 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm. During the exhibition period admission will be free.
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