The evening world., 1889-07-11
COLLARS AND CUFFS"
Future King Of England and the Ger.
mnn Girl Tc l. to Marry.
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The report of the betrothal Of The eldest
son of the Prince of Wales to his cousin, the
rincoss Victoria OF Prussia, which was
published q few days ago On the authority Of
Mnrrdy's Magazine, was confirmed last night
by the reading in the House OF Commons of
n message from the Queen ask ng for tie
grant OF n provision for ler grandson on the
occasion of his approaching marriage. Albert
Victor Christian Edward rs the full name of
the young man. The Queen, infatuated with
the name of her lonG-since-dead husband.
insists on having HIM called Albert Victor,
other members Of the royal family.
it is said, invariably style him Ed
wnrd, while the irreverent outside world has
dubbed HIN collars and Cuffs" He was
born on Jan. &, 1854. ut FrCgmire Lodge,
Windsor. on the return of his mother from a
skating party on Virginia Water. He is,
therefore, two years Older thnn his prospec.
tive bride. His early education was received
ut home. In May. 1877, he and bis brother,
Prince George. entered the Royal Navy Col
lege ut Greenwich. They passed q satisfac-
tory examination, and III some subjects ex-
hIhited n more than usual degree of pro-
h~ciency, They remained on the training
snip Britannia until September Is, 1879. when
they embarked on the corvette Bacchante for
the Mediterranean the West Indies and
Bermuda. In 1880 they returned home.
and III 1881 they sailed as midshipmen
i'll the Bncchante for o tour around the
world. The story of this tour is told in "a
book bearing the names of the young Princes.
In 1888 Prince Albert Victor entered Trinity
College, Cambridge, and in the same year he
became an hon lrarv lieuteuOnt in the ROYAL
Navy. In 1885 he was made q lieutenant of
artillery. He ia a KING I of the Garter. and
has received several European orders. Refore
reaching his majority he distributed the
prizes TO the Cambridge Town Volunteers in
tha EIttlIhan mud GtNnkn nf thn Noltta NJ n
military training. illustrating his subject
chiefly by references 10 the military system
of Germany. Since then he has appeared on
the platform on several occasions. and he
was his fathers COM anton on his visit to
Dublin III 1885.
While not brilliant, Prince Albert Victor
is represented MS being nm exceedingly pains
taking, methodicnl I'D orderly young man.
figure. His neck, like that of most of his
%SisGs wh lHi%R'iYii he ' is fA tn oon 'Snfi' by
wearing collars of a perilous height.
whence the pleasantly of his popular
nickname. Although IL very good and bold
rider, he has tailed to display much taste for
any other kind of sport. He is extremely
we'll behaved, and, although his name has at
times been associated with that OF certain
ladies in n rather invidious why. the most
serious reproach that has been openly
brought against him Is that he is somewhat
of n dandy, aud wears O corset when i'll uni
form.
1t is generally believed that the young
Prince was seriously in love with his second
cousin. the Princess Victoria of Teck, but
the Princess does not appear 10 have rec!pro-
Gated the attachment. and it was announced
a month or SO ago that he was to be sent off
for a trip to India, pre- suInaGiy to divert his
attention from his disappointment. The
Princess Frederick Amelia Milheimina VIC
toria. OF Prussia. whom he is now destined
T. marry, IL the second and eldest unmarried
sister of Emperor William II. and Prince
Albert Victor, first cousin. She was born at
PotSdam Oh Aprl 70. 1865. She IS far from
being as pretty as her elder sister, Princess
Charlotte, and has always given evidence of
extremely English sympathies-a fact which,
while it rem lcrel her extremely popular at
Windsor and Marlborough House. was
scarcely OF a nature to endear her to her
brother, Kaiser Wilhelm. She is the young
lady whose earnest desire to become the
bride of Alexander of B%attenberg created
such a tempest IN the royal tcapo: n year ago
and led Bismarck to say those painful things
about the impulses hereditary in the women
of the Guelph family. All chances of this
match were finally dissipated last March in
M extremely sensational manner by Prince
Alexander's secret marriage to the actress
Marie LoiSingtr.