The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 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 affliction. Her
eyes, red with weeping, and the heaving
breast, told of her broken heart. The
Princess of Wales was apparently over
whelmed 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 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, is
the saddest of all
Prince Albert Victor Christian Ed
ward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale,
eldest son of the Prince of Wales, and
heir presumptiye of the throne of Eng
land, was bornJan. s, 1864 After an
education at Trinity College, Cam
bridge, and at the Heidelberg Univer-
sity he served two years as naval
cadet on the Britannia, and started in
1879 for a 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-presumptve to the
throne
Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert
of Wales was born June 3, 1865. He
soon displayed a prediction for naval
affairs, aud after serving in minor capac-
ties was appointed in March, $50, to
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 in Her Maiesty's
fleet,
1t may be stated that Prince George is
far more popular among all classes of
British society.
The gossip concerning the succession,
which was freely indulged in during the
illness of the Duke, has been greatly in
creased by his death. 1t is generally
agreed that haste will now be made in
bringing about the marriage of Prince
George to remove the possibility of the
Fife succession.
On July 20, 1889, Alexander William
George Duff, who was then Earl Of Fife,
but who was subsequently created Duke
of Fife, married Princess Louise Victoria
Alexandra Dagmar, eldnst daughter of
the Prince and Princess of Wales OF
this marriage there was born on May II,
1891, daughter, who was chIistened
Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Lou
lisa Duff
AS the succession now stands, in the
advent Of the death. OF the Prince OF
Wales and Prince George, the throne OF
England would fall to the wife of the
Duke of Fift, and after death to Lady
Alexandra Dun, her daughter, Who is
not yet year old.
This possibility is not viewed with any
squanimity by the members of the no
bility, who believe that all the heirs to