The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-10
A Royal Romance.

kensingtOn House, once the royal resi-
dence, is near Holland House, where La
dy Sarah LennOX, a beautiful girl of fif-
teen, was residing with her sister. The
Prince of Wales. soon to be George ILL.,.
fell in love with her. and soon after his ac-
cessiOn and before his coronation as good
as asked her, in his awkward, stupid way,
to be his queen. At ball given in the
palace he took her cousin, Lady Lucy
Strangways, one side and asked her when
she meant to leave town. She replied that
she intended TO stay for the coronation.
He said that this would not take place at
present, for there would be no coronation
until there was queen; and added, " |
think your friend is the fittest person for
il. Tell her so for me-" The next time
Lady Sarah was at court, the King led her
to a window and inquired, " Has your
friend told yOuOf my conversation with
her - Yes, SIR" was the answer.
:" And what do you think of it p 4" Moth
ing, sir" Nothing comes from moth
ing" answered George frettishly, and
turned on his heel.
The truth is, the girl was engaged in
a Irritation with the rather disreputable
Lord NewbOttle. She soon afterwards
went into the country, fell from her
horse. and fractured her leg, and had
quarrel with Lord Newbottle. The King
was most assiduOus in his inquiries after
her; and when she came back to Holland
House it was at least with a strong liking
for George. 1t was observed also that
every fine morning he was wont to ride
along a quiet lane which skirted the
grounds of Holland House, and that Lady
Sarah was sure TO be on the lawn. pictur-
eSquely dressed, and raking hay like an
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came the talk at court, and Fox was evil
IDENTIFY confident that his sister-in-law was
to be Queen of England. The court, and
especially the personages of the blood roy
al, took alarm at the prospect that one of
rank inferior to their own would be placed
above them. Lord Butte, the Prime Min
lister, sent secret emissary to look out for
a queen among the princely families
of the continent. The report was
in favor of the ugly but rather
clever young princess Charlotte of
! Mecklenburg-StrelitZ. What means were
used to induce George to consent to aban-
don the lovely Sarah and ask the hand of
! the ugly Charlotte is not certainly known.
| Ii is said the straw which broke the back
of his resolution was sight of neatly
written letter from the pen of little Char
| lOtte about the horrors of war and the
blessings of peace. But in the early sum
mer of l76l Lady Sarah was awakened
from her haymakihg and dreams of a
crown by reports almost certainly anthem
! tic that the King was to be married TO the
| Mecklenburg princess; and she took pen
in hand and wrote to Lady Susan about the
/ matter. 9 | shall take care she writes.
{" to show that am not mortified to any
| body; but if it is true that one can veX
anybody with a reserved, cold manner, he
shall have it, promise him. Luckily for
me did not love him, and only liked.
Nor did the title weigh anything with me.
So little, at least, that my disappointment
did not affect my spirits above an hour or
two, | believe. The thing | am most an
cry at is looking so like a fool, as 1 shall
! for having gone so often for nothing"
| She probably meant having so often gone
out to the field to make hay at the King.
But" she proceeds, " | don't much care.
| If he were to change his mind again (which
can't be, thought, and not give very,
very good reason for his conduct, | would
not have him." They met a week after,
when everybody knew that the Mecklen-
| burg marriage was arranged. Poor
! George was naturally enough confused 4;
and Lady Sarah, as she had promised, was
very cool and dignified.
In 1914, fitty-three years after the mar
rage of George ILL.,, Il charity sermon was
preached by the Dean of Canterbury in
! behalf of an intirmary for treatment OF
diseases of the eye, which had been found
ed by George III. at the time when he had
begun to lose his sight. He was now to-
tally and incurably blind. a circumstance
to which the Dean eloquently alluded.
/ Among the hearers was an aged woman
who wept bitterly. At the close of the
service she had to be led out. for she, too.
was sightless. This blind old woman was
no other than the once beautiful Lady Sa-
rah LennoX-GaLary for September.