Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-18
PRINCE BEATRICE"
The Petty Power Ct the Ruler OF
the Isle Of Wight.
How Queen vIctoriA's Latest Son-in-Law
Obtained tho Title Of "RoyNa
HIghness" Among tho
Co.,. EnRllah Nol9ilIty-

| The advance in royal favor Of Prince
Henry Of Battenberg- 'Prince Beat
rice" as he is too Familiarity called
has been slow and hardly won, says
London correspondent Of the New
York Tribune. At the outset his lot
! was not n happy one. The marriage
was never popular with any class in
England, much the reverse ut court,
where mobiles of ancient lineage found
themselves obliged to give precedence
to a German princeling. The, queen
suffered the match on the understand
ing that Princess beatrice, the home
companion of her later years, should not
permit the marriage to make any diff
ference in her daily habits. She must
live Us heretofore, with her mother,
and as there was husband; why, he
must live there, too. This was state
of things bad enough when the queens
residence was fixed in England. But
when the queen went abroad and the
/ bridegroom travelled in her train, the
humiliation of the situation became I'M
bearable. BY one of her earliest favors
tho queen ordered. that Prince Henry
should be styled royal highness, rank
to Which he has no more claim thun
had the late John Brown. In England,
OF course, the queens wish in this re-
spect is law; but abroad, more particu-
larly in Germany, her edict is as the
idle winds. Prince Henry cannot be
received at any continental court on
the footing of royal highness, and Us
to drop it temporarily would be an af-
front to the queen all kinds of ma
neuvers have been resorted to to keep
matters with some appearance of
straightness> A little more than twelve
months ago, nftcc several years of home
happiness, Prince Henry struck. For
years he had not been permitted to range
Mt will beyond the length Of the mater
nal apron string. There are wicked
stories told at London dinner tables of
how prince Beatrice" going down to
Portsmouth, in obedience to orders, to
join the family circle at Osborne, has
taken advantage of the merest inuica-
ton OF mist on the Solent, boldly called
it a fog, protested the impossibility of
crossing, hurried back to London, and
spent one cheerful night in mitigation
of his monotonous home happiness. 1t
was in the spring Of last year, the
young mans fancy lightly turning to
thoughts Of freedom, that he boldly set
out alone on a yachting trip to the Mcdi-
. tcrranean, and, while all the world
wondered, stayed away from Windsor
and Osborne for the full space of two
months, Under whatever circuIn-
stances this trip was arranged
whether, as was whispered in court
circles, he had desperately bolted, and
from the safety of Leghorn harbor had
dictated terms of his return, or whether,
as is much more probable, the whole
trip was arranged and paid for by the
queen, in kindly contest with the
princes protestatlon that he would
much rather Quietly remain ut home
it certainly marked an epoch in his
career. Since he came back he has u.s.
sumed much more independent, even
a leading, position, in the royal circle.
The queen consults him on most points
and dcfers to him on many. She even
braves for his sake the embarrassment
OF her ministers and threatened out
break of popular anger. 49,.
This arose in connection with the re-
viVal of Prince Henry's favor of the
ancient end long -disused title of pov-
crnor and captain of the Isle of Wight.
When the proposal was preached it was
pointed out that the Isle of Wight had
for centuries got on well without d gov
ornor and captain; that to revive the
ancient title in favor of foreigner
would be particularly invidious, and
that such an appointment would be an
G1front to the lord lieutenant of the
neighboring county of uants, who
represents the queen in the island. The
queen persisted. The German prince
ling now bears the fine old English
title of governor and captain of the Isle
of Wight, and amuscs himself by max
ing little tours in semi-stete over the
hlliputian territory, opening bazars,
laying the foundation-stones of Sunday
schools and distributing prizes. y