Royals on tour: Politics, pageantry and colonialism (Studies in Imperialism, 158)

Travel by European and 'native' monarchs and other royals between Europe, Asia and Africa developed as a new form of personal and international politics in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The pageantry and politics of royal tours during the age of empire provides great insight into modern monarchy, colonialism and transnational cultural encounters.Royals on tour explores visits by European monarchs and princes to colonies, and by indigenous royals to Europe in the 1800s and early 1900s with case studies of travel by royals from Britain, France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina. Such tours projected imperial dominion and asserted the status of non-European dynasties. The celebrity of royals, the increased facility of travel, and the interest of public and press made tours key encounters between Europeans and non-Europeans. The reception visitors received illustrate the dynamics of empire and international relations. Ceremonies, speeches and meetings formed part of the popular culture of empire and monarchy. Mixed in with pageantry and protocol were profound questions about the role of monarchs, imperial governance, relationships between metropolitan and overseas elites, and evolving expressions of nationalism. Royals On Tour Explores Visits By European Monarchs And Princes To Colonies, And By Indigenous Royals To Europe In The 1800s And Early 1900s With Case Studies Of Travel By Royals From Britain, France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, The Dutch East Indies And French Indochina. Such Tours Projected Imperial Dominion And Asserted The Status Of Non-european Dynasties. The Celebrity Of Royals, The Increased Facility Of Travel, And The Interest Of Public And Press Made Tours Key Encounters Between Europeans And Non-europeans. The Reception Visitors Received Illustrate The Dynamics Of Empire And International Relations. Ceremonies, Speeches And Meetings Formed Part Of The Popular Culture Of Empire And Monarchy. Mixed In With Pageantry And Protocol Were Profound Questions About The Role Of Monarchs, Imperial Governance, Relationships Between Metropolitan And Overseas Elites, And Evolving Expressions Of Nationalism.-- 1. Empire Tours: Royal Travel Between Colonies And Metropoles / Robert Aldrich And Cindy Mccreery -- 2. Royal Tour By Proxy: The Embassy Of Sultan Alauddin Of Aceh To The Netherlands, 1601-1603 / Jean Gelman Taylor -- 3. French Imperial Tours: Napol�eon Iii And Eug�enie In Algeria And Beyond / Robert Aldrich -- 4. Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Prince Alfred's Precedent In Overseas British Rotal Tours, C. 1860-1925 / Cindy Mccreery -- 5. Royalty, Loyalism And Citizenship In The Nineteenth-century British Settler Empire / Charles V. Reed -- 6. The Maharaja Of Gondal In Europe In 1883 / Caroline Keen -- 7. Performing Monarchy: The Kaiser And Kaiserin's Voyage To The Levant, 1898 / Matthew P. Fitzpatrick -- 8. Colonial Kings In The Metropole: The Visits To France Of King Sisowath (1906) And Emperor Khai Dinh (1922) / Robert Aldrich -- 9. Tensions Of Empire And Monarchy: The African Tour Of The Portuguese Crown Prince In 1907 / Filipa Lowndes Vicente And In�es Vieira Gomes -- 10. Belgian Royals On Tour In The Congo, 1909-1960 / Guy Vanthemsche -- 11. Royal Symbolism: Crown Prince Hirohito's Tour To Europe In 1921 / Elise K. Tipton -- 12. The Throne Behind The Power? Royal Tours Of 'africa Italiana' Under Fascism / Mark Seymour -- 13. Strained Encounters: Royal Indonesian Visits To The Dutch Court In The Early Twentieth Century / Susie Protschky -- 14. The 1947 Royal Tour In Smuts's Raj: South African Indian Responses / Hilary Sapire. Edited By Robert Aldrich And Cindy Mccreery. The School Of Philosophical And Historical Inquiry (sophi) At The University Of Sydney, Which Made Possible A Conference On Royal Tours Held In 2015, Several Of The Chapters In This Volume Have Been Developed From Papers Initially Presented At The Conference.--page Xi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. " Royals on Tour explores visits by European monarchs and other members of royal families to overseas colonies, and by indigenous royals from the colonies to Europe in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It presents case studies of travel by royals from Britain, France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium to the overseas possessions (and, in some cases, potential possessions) of their countries, and of visits to Europe by royals from Japan, the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina. It shows how these tours served to project imperial dominion but also to assert the status of non-European dynasties. The celebrity of royal figures, the increased ease of travel with new means of transport such as railways, steamships and aeroplanes, and the avid interest of both the public and the press in these visits make such royal tours key points of encounter between Europeans and non-Europeans, and between colonial masters and the subjects in their possessions. The promotion or criticism of tours and the receptions the visitors received illustrate the often fractious dynamics of empire and international relations. The colourful processions, the anthems and decorations, the speeches and itineraries, official meetings and informal activities formed part of the popular culture of empire and of monarchy. The volume argues that mixed in with the pageantry and protocol were profound questions about the role of monarchs, the practice of imperial governance, the relationships between metropolitan and overseas elites, and evolving expressions of nationalism" --Back cover Front matter 1 Contents 6 List of figures 8 Notes on contributors 10 Acknowledgements 12 Empire tours: royal travel between colonies and metropoles 14 Royal tour by proxy: the embassy of Sultan Alauddin of Aceh to the Netherlands, 1601–1603 36 French imperial tours: Napoléon III and Eugénie in Algeria and beyond 51 Something borrowed, something blue: Prince Alfred’s precedent in overseas British royal tours, c. 1860–1925 69 Royalty, loyalism and citizenship in the nineteenth-century British settler empire 93 The Maharaja of Gondal in Europe in 1883 107 Performing monarchy: the Kaiser and Kaiserin’s voyage to the Levant, 1898 123 Colonial kings in the metropole: the visits to France of King Sisowath (1906) and Emperor Khai Dinh (1922) 138 Tensions of empire and monarchy: the African tour of the Portuguese crown prince in 1907 159 Belgian royals on tour in the Congo, 1909–1960 182 Royal symbolism: Crown Prince Hirohito’s tour to Europe in 1921 204 The throne behind the power?: Royal tours of ‘Africa Italiana’ under fascism 224 Strained encounters: royal Indonesian visits to the Dutch court in the early twentieth century 246 The 1947 royal tour in Smuts’s Raj: South African Indian responses 263 Index 284