The Prince of Wales, Edward VIII Country Life Magazine Portrait March 28 1925

The Prince of Wales, Edward VIII Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, March 28 1925. LVII No. 1473

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of H.R.H The Prince of Wales shown prior to his journey on the Repulse to Africa and South America.

• The Occasion: The tour relates to the Prince of Wales’s Royal Tour of 1925, undertaken by Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII).
• Departure: He departed on March 28, 1925 for what became a major international goodwill tour.
• The Ship: The Prince travelled aboard the British battlecruiser HMS Repulse.
• African Tour: The journey began in Africa, with visits including Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Nigeria, and South Africa.
• South American Tour: The tour continued to South America, where he visited Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile.
• Historical Significance: This was a major diplomatic tour, reinforcing ties across the British Empire and beyond, following his earlier successful tours of Canada (1919) and Australia and New Zealand (1920).

This is an authentic original page from Country Life magazine, part of the iconic series often affectionately referred to as the “Girls in Pearls” portraits — elegant society images that captured a distinctive era of British publishing and portraiture.

Size: Approximately 13.75 x 9 inches (35 x 23 cm)

Condition: Very good for its age. As with all vintage magazine pages, light signs of handling or minor age-related blemishes may be present. Please review the large photo carefully for full condition details.

This original Country Life Magazine frontispiece portrait forms part of The Old Map Shop’s curated archive of society portraits published between 1897 and 2026.