Royal visits are fraught with etiquette and ceremony ... so what happens when you break protocol? In this episode we journey back to 1860 for the visit of Albert Edward, the young Prince of Wales and the future King Edward VII of England to explore what can only be described as a Royal Snub. Later, we discuss meeting famous people and ask for your stories of the same. We also enlist your help to track down a photograph of this royal visit that disappeared from our care nearly sixty years ago.

Episode Picture:

Gold Tassels from Prince of Wales’s Royal Coach Car [Collingwood Museum Collection X970.266.1]

Research:

Barbara Arp, ed., Reflections An Historical Anthology of Collingwood (Collingwood: The Corporation of the Town of Collingwood, 1983), 38.

1860 – The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales. https://europeanroyalhistory.wordpress.com/2020/09/21/1860-the-future-king-edward-vii-of-the-united-kingdom-the-first-visit-to-north-america-by-a-prince-of-wales/

“A Royal Visit”, The Collingwood Museum: On Track vol 5 issue 3, 2011. 3