Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-15
THE LATE PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR.

Princess May, the betrothed of the dy.
ing Prince, were grouped at the bedside
The Princess May had passed a sleepless
night but she bore herself with courage
in face of her terrible affection. Her
eyes, red with weeping, and the heaving
breast, told of her broken heart. The
Princess of Wales was apparently over
whclmed by the sense OF her privation.
When the first Outburst of sorrow over
the Princes death has passed away, it
would not be strange to find that the
grief-stricken betrothed of the dead
Prince will receive the largest amount OF
sympathy. People will not forget, how
ever, that the Princess of Wales, the
future Queen of England, is mourning
her first-born; but the picture Of that
weeping girl, of the poor Princess May,
only ii few days ago the happy, proud,
much-envied betrothed of the heir-ap-
parent, whose hopes and future are thus
crushed beneath the stride of death, il
the saddest of all.
Prince Albert Victor Christian, Ed
ward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale,
eldest son of the Prince of Wales, and
heir presumptive of the throne of Eng
land, was born Jan. 8, 1854. After an
education at Trinity College, Cam
bridge, and at the Heidelberg Univer-
sity, he served two years as a naval
cadet on the Britannia, and started in
1879 for three-year voyage around the
world, in company with his brother,
Prince George.
He was created Duke of Clarence and
Avondale and Earl of Athlone in 1890,
and at once took his seat in the House
of Lords. He was also made third
major in the Tenth Hussar Regiment, of
which his father is colonel. To his as
sociates he has always been known as
Prince Eddie" and beca use of his good
dressing the people called him "Collars
and Cuffs"
By the death of the Duke of Clarence
and Avondale Prince George of Wales
becomes the heir Of the Prince of Wales,
and therefore heir-presumptive to the
throne.
Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert
of Wales was born June 8, 1865, He
soon displayed a prediction for naval
affairs, and after serving in minor capac-
ties was appointed in March, 1890, tc
| the command of the gunboat Thrush,
and while on this vessel he was attached
to the British North American Squadron
In August, 1891, he was promoted to the
rank of commander i'll Her Majesty's
| fleet.
1t may be stated that Prince George il
| far more popular among all classes Of
| British society.
The gossip concerning the succession
which was freely INDUCED in during tn,
illness of the Duke, has been greatly in
creased by, his death. 1t is generally
agreed. that haste will now be made il
I bringing about the marriage of Primo,
George TO remove the possibility of tn,
+ Fife Ahccession. "''!
'On July %, 1889, Alexander William
George Duff, who was then Earl of Fife
but who was subsequently created Duke
of Fife, married Princess Louise Victori'
Alexandra Dagmar, eldnst daughter o
the Prince and Princess of Wales. o
this marriage there was born on May II
1891, daughter, who was christeneC
Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Lou
lisa Duff.
AS the succession now stands, in tn
advent of the death of the Prince o
Wales and Prince George, the throne o
England would fall to the wife OF tn
Duke of Fife, and after death to Lad,
Alexandra DUFF, her daughter, who j
not yet year old.
This possibility Is not viewed with an
equanimity by the members OF the ma
hflity, who believe that Al tha heirs &