Figure 1.--Here Prince Manuel wears a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit with a lce collar. The portrait is undated. We would guess the Prince is about 10 years old and the portrait taken about 1899. .

We do not know a great deal about the clothes Prince Manuel wore as a boy. We know nothing about his casual day-to-day clothes. Are only information is a few portraits. All seem to show fairly formal outfits. Perhaps this is the way he usually dressed. Here we are not sure. have information about the clothes Manuel wore. One portrait of Manuel was taken about 1898 (figure 1). I am not how commonly he wore this outfit. We note two such images, but they are obviouly from the same shoot. It is a dark smock which Manuel wears with a large white bow and wide belt. Actually I'm not sure if he is wearing a tunic or a smock. He must be wearing short pants or knickers under the tunic. He wears dark rather than white socks. We have two images of Manuel in this outfit. I can't make out the shoes. We note another photograph taken a few years later of him wearing a Fauntleroy suit with elaborate lace collar with short hair and bangs. Here he is wearing black long stockings. This must be a dress outfit. A photograph talen about 1903 shows him wearing a naval cadet uniform, but this is a formal portrait.

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