RIYADH: An exhibition in London is displaying a collection of rare historical photographs taken by Princess Alice, Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, during her visit with her husband Alexander Cambridge to meet Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz in 1938.
On the three-week trip, Princess Alice documented the Kingdom’s natural beauty in a collection of 324 photographs, some of which are among the earliest color images taken in the country.
The exhibition opened on Oct. 16 will run until Nov. 14 at the Royal Geographical Society and is hosted by the Saudi Embassy in the United Kingdom in cooperation with the King Abdulaziz Public Library.
Faisal bin Muaammar, the general supervisor at the King Abdulaziz Public Library, said that the exhibition shows the Kingdom’s enduring appeal to researchers and travelers owing to its unique cultural heritage, strategic location and custodianship of the two holy mosques, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Princess Alice was the first member of the British royal family to visit Saudi Arabia and the only one to meet the country’s founder, King Abdulaziz, according to the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies.
