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Information on this Royal Cadillac V8

Information on this Royal Cadillac V8

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Letter to the editor

 

I am looking for information about the people on thisphoto. The car is a Cadillac V8, probably 1928.

Since it is a left hand drive car I suppose the photowasn’t taken in the UK although the man on the photo reminds me of King EdwardVIII. Maybe he was meeting other royals on the continent.

It is hard to read the license plate but I think it isH-3633 or H-83633.

On the back of the photo there is a stamp saying 1JAN. 1929.

 

Published:
Friday February 18th, 2022

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Barend Jan van Spaendonck
20 February 2022, 12:42
Oh, and I forgot to mention that the man seen on the back is not King Edward VIII but a footman. And if the person being helped into a cloak is indeed Queen Wilhemina than it is of course her standard on the front right fender.
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Barend Jan van Spaendonck
19 February 2022, 10:45
This picture was taken in front of the Lange Voorhout Palace in The Hague. The person about to get into the car is (then) Princess (from 1948 till 1980 Queen) Juliana. The car flies her standard, which is mainly a blue cross on an orange background, but it looks a bit unnatural on orthographic film (which renders blue very light and is insensitive to red). Impossible to say who the person is who is being helped into a cloak. I could be Queen Wilhelmina; I can't think of any other person who would take precedence over the princess when getting into a car.
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Rutger Booy
19 February 2022, 09:05
This Cadillac with license plate H-3633 was one of the Cadillacs owned by the Dutch royal family. Princess Juliana (later queen Juliana) is seen leaving the palace at Lange Voorhout in The Hague.
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