Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Casual Photos, Bahrain 1965

Remember when I said the photos were upcoming. Well, here's a photo for the ages. Well, from ages ago, like many of the others in the collections. I know you will be surprised. It's true. A picture is worth a thousand words.

Uncle Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa with his cigarette and qahwa Arabiyya at the old race track, Bahrain 1965, while the island was still a British Protectorate. Where's that photograph of Anne, anyway? You know, the pretty English woman we teens were told was his wife when she came to the bowling alley in Awali and we were there, too.

And here's another, this time with his shades on. He always was a shady character.

but ever so handsome, according to the older ladies. He was smiling at Mother.