Photograph of a procession including Prince Edward of Wales who walks alongside Prabhu Narayan Singh (1851-1931), the Maharaja of Benares, during the Prince's visit to Fort Ramnagar, Benares (also known as Varanasi). The party follow a path lined with pot plants.

This photograph was taken during the Prince's visit to Benares during which he was entertained at Fort Ramnagar. The Prince also took a trip on the River Ganges and met pensioned soldiers at Rajghat.

On October 26 1921, Edward, Prince of Wales left Portsmouth to begin a tour of the Indian Subcontinent and Japan that covered 41,000 miles, lasting 8 months. Prince Edward spent four months in India, travelling from Bombay to Calcutta and then from Madras to Karachi. As the British Empire's Ambassador, the Prince visited India on behalf of his father King George V, to thank the nation for the essential role it had played during the First World War. Moreover, the visit was intended to strengthen links between Britain and its Empire at a time of increasing calls for Indian independence.