Louis Philippe, King of France, Visited by Queen Victoria
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This print commemorates Queen Victoria's and Prince Albert's visit to France in September 1843, said to be the first by a British monarch since Henry VIII had attended the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 (!) They were received on September 5 at Château d'Eu in Normandy by King Louis Philippe and Queen Marie Amelie. The French monarchs are accompanied by their eldest daughter Louise D'Orléans, and her husband Leopold I, King of the Belgians (Victoria's uncle on her mother's side).
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