Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-26
ROYAL WILLS.
Who viii Have the queens fortune-Prince
Alberrs.

Who viii Have the queens fortune-Prince
Aiberrs.
The recent changes in the royal fam
lily must at least have proved highly
profitable to the lawyers concerned,
SAYS London Truth. Last year the
Queen made fresh settlement OF her
private property after the Duke of Al
bany's death, and now hear that en-
tirely new testamentary arrange
ments have been made by her
Majesty. The amount of the Queens
private property is unknown, but |
am told that, including the Prince Con-
sorts fortune, and Mr.. Nield's, 1t ex-
ceeds G4.O00,000, and, besides these,
there are the estates in Aberdeenshire,
which extends to $4,000 acres the
Claremont property, which her Majesty
purchased from the country three years
ago at very inadequate price; and
the Osborne estate, which has enor-
mously increased in value; to say
nothing of property at Baden
Baden and at Coburg. 1t is probable
that the bulk Of the Isle of Wight pro-
perty will be left by the Queen to the
Duke of Connaught and Balmoral and
most of the Scotch property to Princess
Beatrice, who also will probably get
Claremont. They will 5e her Majesty's
principal heirs, and a very handsome
provision has been made for the chill
dren of the Duchess Of Albany, and for
the families of Princess Christian and
the Grand Duke Of Ilesse.
The Queen at the present time makes
large allowances to several of her
Younger children, and Prince and
Princess Louis, of Battenberg, derive
the bulk of their income from her lib
erality. 1t has been reported that they
are to be granted the use of the Villa
Hohenlohc, her Majesty's residence in
Baden.Baden, which has been for sew
eral years unoccupied, as they are to
live in Germany, except when the
Princes professional ayocations de-
msnd his presence in this country.
In the -Four Georges" great amaze
ment is expressed by Thackeray because
George IL. seized his fathers will, and
never would permit it to be proved. nor
was anything ever heard OF it alter
ward; and its suppression produced a
violent quarrel with the royal family OF
Prussia. There is long narrative In
Horace Walpole's Memoirs " about
this will: but it is rather odd that
after = the lapse of l34 years
precisely the same thing happened
again, for the Queen quietly took pos
session of Prince Albert's will, and
nothing has ever been known of its
contents to this hour, nor does any one
know the amount of property which he
left. The Prince had nothing when he
came to England except elOo year.
or some such paltry sum; but he was
very parsimonious-like his uncle,
Leopold-and have been told that ne
must have left nearly q million, as ne
received e655,0O0 from the coun-
try, Of which he did not spend as
many shillings, and certain specula,
tions in which he engaged turned out
very profitable. Ihave only calculated
the Prince Consort's allowance but he
also received large sums as military
paw. and a trihe Of f22, 900 as the gov
ernor of Windsor Castle, in which sine
cure Office he succeeded the Duke o.
Sussex, although the Duke Of yelling
ton was anxious to appoint deserving
nobleman who had worked long ant
hard for the country.