Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Art of Play: Prince William of Gloucester, 1946

Prince William of Gloucester
Marcus Adams, 1946
The Royal Collection
When we think of the Royal Family, we don’t often think of Prince William of Gloucester. The Prince—the son of Henry, the Duke of Gloucester and the grandson of King George V and Mary of Teck—died in a tragic plane accident in 1972.


Despite suffering from a variety of ailments, The Prince was a bright, active child who enjoyed laughter and play. His jubilant spirit was captured in this 1946 photo by Marcus Adams taken at the Children’s Studio. Here, we see Prince William of Gloucester playing with a stuffed toy he borrowed from one of his sisters.


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