Several members of European Royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of York, and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, seated round a tea-table in the grounds of Clarence House.
Cinematography
Silent, static, accidental — pure 1897 aesthetic.
Production
They built Clarence House for THIS moment.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is one of the earliest surviving films of British royalty — shot by Mutoscope/Biograph, not even proper cinema yet.
The future George V (center, looking bored) would be king through WWI and the empire's collapse. This tea party didn't age well.
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