St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-07
MARRYING A PRINCE.
Stories of the COurtship and We'd
ding of Albert Edward of Wales

Stories of the COurtship and We'd
ding of Albert Edward of Wales
Llppincott's Magazine.
Two stories are related on creditable
uthority of the manner in which the
heir apparent to the throne of England
first heard of the charms of the Prince
of Denmark's daughter, and both of them
form pretty incidents in the prologue of
what is regarded as the most charming
royal romance in modern times. ii. r.
II. Albert Edward CHANGED, so it is said,
to be Willing away part of long sum-
mer afternoon with two or three con-
genial spirits, young men of
rank and position near enough
to his own to make even dis
cussions on domestic questions possible,
and the matrimonial outlook for one of
the party was brought up. Col. =
drew from his pocket the photograph,
as ne supposed, OF his finance to show it
proudly to his companions. But in
peared a rather poorly taken carte de
yisite of the most charming
girl the princes eyes had
ever rested upOn-a girl wearing a
simple little white gown and loose white
Jacket, with a black velvet ribbon cir
cling her throat, and her hair smoothed
back from her brow. leaving the beauti
full Young face to be admired for itself
alone. The eyes and lips seemed to be
milling at the prince, who
gazed at the picture, demanding
to know who in the world
this lovely country grl'' might be.
1.-The daughter OF the Prince of Den
mark" was the answer, and, naturally
enough, the carte de viste changed
owners. II. r. H. showed it that even
ing to confidential friend enc
who knew of the matrimonial
designs of the queen for the
Prince of Wales, bride from one of
the we'll known German houses having
been selected. The quaint little photo
graph had not left the princes keeping
when few days later he again, and
quite by chance. encountered at the
house of certain duchess the same
noble young face, this time eXquisitely
painted in miniature. the property of
lady who had just returned from Den
mark.
Never, so it is said, since the days of
Queen Elizabeth, had there been any
thing so sumptuouS as the preparations
for the progress OF this royal bride from
GraveSend to London, thence on to
L
the whole nation had swarmed into
thoroughfares. the countryside, and the
shores which greeted the eyes of the
Danish girl, whose new dignity seemed
to have acquired something positively
spectacular in the SplendOr with which
the people set it forth.
Early in the day sixty young ladies,
attired in the red and white colors of
Denmark. assembled at the wharveS 10
strew flowers beneath the feet of the
princes bride. The moment the yacht
came i'll view bearing its precious
freight the air was rent with cheers,
at which, so relates a lady In
the party, Alexandra turned pale
with excitement and chung to
her mother, hardly knowing what to do
or say in answer to the wild tumult of
the people. Those upon the shore saw
a pretty sight-a timid, girliSh figure,
dressed entirely in white, who appeared
on the deck at her mothers side; then,
returning to the cabin, was seen
first at one window and then
again at another, the bewitching
face framed in little white bonnet, the
work of her own handS-that which, 1t
NAV be remarked, had to be replaced at
Gravesend for something more suited to
the bride of the Prince of Wales. The
princes yacht approached that of his
bride, the gangway was thrown
down, and Immediately he was seen
by all those thousands to rush across it,
and, waiting for no formal word OF
greeting, and to the delight of the OH
lockers. caught the princess in his arms
and kissed her, Just" as an honest
Yorkshire man said to me in describing
the scene, las though she were any
other lass"