They are not postcards or widely available anywhere. They appear to have been taken during WWII while the royal family was in exile. On the reverse side of each photo is their name written in pencil along with a red stamp that says “DE R O’DE L’ËW WÄCHT” and below that “REPRODUCTION INTERDITE PROPRIÉTÉ L.P.L.”
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Likely Resistance documentation/ patriotic contraband. LPL is the Lëtzebuerger Patrioteliga. The Slogan is „the Red Lion is guarding”, in old spelling. You can find more information on the Patrioteliga on Wikipedia and at the Musée de la Résistance in Esch-sur-Alzette.
@Anxious-Armadillo565 has the right answer.
These are foreign-made photographs in locations where the grand-ducal family was in exile. Prince Charles’ arms are resting on a copy of “Life”-magazine, which is strongly US-central.
By his age in the pictures I would say it’s late war, 1944 maybe even 1945.
After the Liberation, selling these patriotic items was one of the way the former-Resistance kept it’s independance from the restored government. Considerable distrust had festered during the government’s exile and the standing down of the Resistance took a long time.
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