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Photograph of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their nine children, taken at Osborne on 26 May 1857 by Caldesi and Montecchi. Osborne House was very much a private family home, purchased by the Royal couple in 1845.
From left to right: Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Prince Leopold, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria holding Princess Beatrice, Prince Arthur, Victoria, Princess Royal, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Louise.