The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
PRINCE BEATRICE
Tho Petty Power CT the Ruler o.
the Isle OF W -Enr.
How Queen vic:oris's Latest Son-in- Law
Obtained the Title OF Royal
Hlgnnes-" Amonz tho
English Nopihty

The advance IN royal favor OF Prince
Henry of Ba-tcube g Prince BeIt-
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
vas not a happy one. The marriage
was never popular with any class IN
LlEland much the reverse at court,
where mobiles of ancient lineage found
themselves obliged 70 give precedence
to German princeEng. The queen
suffered the match on the understand
Ing that Princess Beatrice, the home
companion Of her later years, should not
permit the marriage 10 make any diff
ference ia her daily habits. She must
live as heretofore, with her mother,
and as there was a husband, why, he
must live there too. This was n 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 un-
bcarable. BY one of her earliest favors
the queen ordered that Prince Henry
should be styled royal highness, rank
to which he has no more claim than
had the late John Brown. In England,
of course, the queens wish in this re-
spect is law; but abroad, more particu-
llvly in Germany, her edict Is as the
idle winds. Prince Henry cannot be
received ut any continental court on
the footing Of royal hiShness, and as
70 drop il tSmporarily would be an al
front to the queen all kinds OF ma
ncuvcrs hav" been rssCrted 70 to keep
matters with some appearance of
strai-htnra%. \ little more than twelve
months AGO, after several years of home
happiness, Prince Henry struck. For
years he had not been permitted to range
at viii beyond the length of the mater
nal apron string. There are wicked
stories told ct London dinner tables of
how Prince Beatricc, going down to
Portsmouth, ia obedience to orders, TO
Join the family circle 1T Osborne, has
taken advantage Of the merest irdica-
ton OF mist on the SOlcnt, boldly called
it n fog, protested the jInpOssibility Of
crossing, hurried back to London, and
sDcrt 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 Nedi-
tcrrauCan, and. while all the world
wondered, stayed away from Windsor
and Osborne for the full space OF two
months. Under whatever circum-
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,
rs 10 much more probable, the whole
trip was arranged and paid for by the
queen, IN kindly contest with the
princes ProteFtatIon that he would
much rather quietly remain az home
1t certainly marked an epoch in his
career. Since lie came back he has as
su1acd much more independent. even
z leading, position. ia the royal circle
The queen cousuits him on most points
and defer: t9 LIZA on many. She even
braves Tor MS sake the embarrassment
of her ministers and Il threatened outs
break OF popular ange-,
This arose in connection with the re-
vival OF Prince uenry's favor of the
ancient and lorr-disuscd title of gov
ernor and captain Il tbs Isle Of Wight.
When the proposal was hroached it was
pointed out that the Isle of Wight had
for centuries got on well without 4 gov
ernor and captain: that h revive the
ancient title in favor Of a foreigner
would be particularly invidious, and
that such an appointment would be an
uHrunt To the lord lieutenant of the
nv iEhborinE county Of Hauts, 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 arnu~cs himself by MAX
ing little tour in scmi-statc over the
hlhputian tcrri-cry, opening bazars,
laying the f1rrdat.oa-stoues Of Sunday
schools and distributing prizes.