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RIYADH: An exhibition in London is displaying a collection of rare historical photographs taken by Princess Alice, Queen Victoria鈥檚 granddaughter, during her visit with her husband Alexander Cambridge to meet 黑料社区鈥檚 King Abdulaziz in 1938.
On the three-week trip, Princess Alice documented the Kingdom鈥檚 natural beauty in a collection of 324 photographs, some of which are among the earliest color images taken in the country.
The exhibition opened on Oct. 16 will run until Nov. 14 at the Royal Geographical Society and is hosted by the Saudi Embassy in the United Kingdom in cooperation with the King Abdulaziz Public Library.
Faisal bin Muaammar, the general supervisor at the King Abdulaziz Public Library, said that the exhibition shows the Kingdom鈥檚 enduring appeal to researchers and travelers owing to its unique cultural heritage, strategic location and custodianship of the two holy mosques, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Princess Alice was the first member of the British royal family to visit 黑料社区 and the only one to meet the country鈥檚 founder, King Abdulaziz, according to the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies.
She arrived in Jeddah aboard the HMS Enterprise on Feb. 25 and was welcomed by the future King Faisal, who was then a prince.
Recalling her first meeting with King Abdulaziz, Princess Alice later wrote that 鈥渉e was a huge man, a great gentleman with a most engaging manner.鈥�
She travelled across the country, visiting the major cities of Makkah, Riyadh and Jeddah, as well as Al-Ahsa and finally Alkhobar.
During her time in the Eastern Province, the princess visited the Dammam No. 7 oil well on March 17 鈥� the site where commercial quantities of oil were first discovered and production had begun just weeks earlier on March 4.
Princess Alice is said to have left the Kingdom 鈥渨ith many regrets at the conclusion of a lovely and interesting journey.鈥�