Description | Photograph album documenting the HRH Prince of Wales' visit to Swaziland in June 1925. The visit was part of a tour during the Spring and early Summer across Southern Africa. Includes photographs of the Prince of Wales, Sobhuza II (then Paramount Chief of Swaziland, but later King of the country), including protesting against the Privy Council on 'land questions' [possibly regarding a case brough by Sobhuza II against the Privy Council regarding title to property], Princess Alice, the Queen Mother, landscapes, 'Swazi Warriors' (Emabutfo), and residents of Mbabne (the capital).
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