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First exhibition in Germany dedicated to Prince Albert opens at Veste Coburg

COBURG.- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861), Prince Consort of the British Queen Victoria, was one of the most outstanding men of the nineteenth century. More than any other figure, Prince Albert symbolises the Anglo-German cultural exchange and a policy which strived for peace. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his death, a museum exhibition is dedicated to him for the first time in Germany. The exhibition traces the prince’s work and influence through works of art and provides a living portrait of the prince. The title of the exhibition makes allusion to the prince’s renowned handsome looks, as well as to the portraits of the Prince Consort and the royal family which Albert and Victoria deliberately and consciously used in their successful efforts to win back popular respect for the British royalty. The exhibition centres on a number of outstanding loans from the Royal Collection, generously lent by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which, tog