The Coronation That Nearly Didn’t Happen
‘I don’t mind praying to the Eternal Father but I must be the only man in the country afflicted with an eternal mother.’ Edward VII as the Prince of Wales
Edward VII
The Edwardian era – a ‘Gilded Age’?
The term Edwardian era or the ‘Gilded Age’ is often extended to 1914 when that time of peace and prosperity, for the few at least, was shattered by the cataclysm of WWI.