
Victoria’s exemptions are curios as it means that she was wisely,
though silently, acknowledging the value of celebrating with a cigar. It also acknowledges that she wasn’t ignorant
of the fact that her son, the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII,
was an avid cigar smoker.
The image of
King Edward, presented here, is the most important one of the King’s reign in
the context of cigar history. It depicts
the King at his coronation to the throne in 1901. After the King’s ascension to the throne he
uttered one of the finest quotes in smoking history: “Gentlemen, you may smoke!”
The King had spoken and the royal court was once again
allowed to light up. King Edward lifted
the ban which his mother had instituted.
The Edwardian era had arrived!
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