sentences:  Cecil moved to 8 Grafton Street in 1923—designing and furnishing an elaborately decorated studio, he often used patterned backdrops and lit the subject using soft reflected light.Cecil Beaton claims he was influenced by the style of Baron De Meyer.His portraits at the time included Gertrude Lawrence and, in 1925, the then-Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) sat for the first of many royal sittings.