The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-11
ROWS AMONG ROYALTY
Albert Edward Victim as Gay as Ever.

[Marquesse de Fontenoy in Chicago RECORD. J
There are very persistent ru1nofs CURRENT .
in London, having every appearance OIL
truth, to the effect that the .ieldoiolis
between the prince and princess VI Wales
have been strained of late 10 a greater
extent than at any period since ther
marriage. Indeed, it is openly asserted,
and that, too. in the most wen informed
and authoritative circles, that the EQUALLY
unexpected recent visit OF the King anu
queen of Denmark to London was Tor
the purpose of preventing the princess
from fulfilling her intention OIL dennltely
leaving her husband.
1t is believed, too, that queen vlcto-
ria's Intervention was invoked In order
to avert any open rupture, and that the
hurried visit Of the princess TO balfhoral'
whittier she went without either her nus
band or daughters, bore reference to her
differences with the heir apparent.
1t looks as if the king OF denmark
and the two queens had been to GER
tain extent successful, since, on the
whole, appearances may be SAID TO nave
been maintained; but those VINO nave
had the opportunity of observing closely
have expressed themselves as startled by
the lack of cordiality and manifestations
toward her husband throughout the re-
cent festivities.
The causes of the dispute are reported
80 be two-fold In the first place, the
princess was VIGOROUSLY opposed TO her
sons marriage to Princess May. anu
has repeatedly given public imanlt te
ton thereof, and, in the second place,
in connection with Lady Brooke:
AS I said the other day, there has been
a conflict about the appointment OF
Lady Brooke's sister-in-law, Lady Eva
Greville, as lady in-waiting to the dueh-
ess of York, and the princess is asserted
to have resented Lady Brooke's presence
at the Mari borough House garden party;
It attracted universal notice on that
occasion that none of the royalties spoke
to Lady Brooke, who was accompanied
by her children. The Prince of Wales
ordinarily genial behaviour was most
constrained and uneasy, and he pointedly
abstained from talking to any OF his
friends save to his royal relatives, as II
to diminish any appearance Oh sllght OF
Lady Brooke by his neglect to engage IN
conversation with her. Some people
claim that, yielding to the responsiveness
of his wife and relatives, he has agreed
to put stop to his friendly intercourse
with the Brookes. should, however, be
inclined to doubt this, for if the prince
has one virtue above all others, it is the
one of sticking to his friends through
thick and thin, and, notwithstanding
all the talk that there has been about
him and Lady Brooke, those who know
them both well are firmly convinced
that the relations between them have
always been of purely platonic charac-
ter. Be this as it may, Lady Brooke
is undoubtedly the first of all the
Prince of Wales's women friends toward
whom the princess has ever manifested
the slightest degree of jealousy and re-
sentiment, although there have been
many instances in which the future
queen. of England had far greater reason
to object to her husbands firtations
than in this case. The general i'm
preston is that the princess has had her
Jealousy aroused by some ill-natured
friend of Lady Brooke's acquaintance,
who, with the view of venting her
venom against the latter, has endeavored
to arouse the ill-will and hatred of the
princess toward the beautiful mistress
of Easton lodge.