Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-16
ENaLANp.s RoYAL RAKE
Turned Down by His wife and Mother.
A Scandal

Turned Down by His Wife and Mother.
A Scandal,
New York, June ia special letter
from London under date OF June
says there Is something very peculiar
about the English people in their rev.
erenee for royalty. In America there
would be harsh word used for what
mean. For example. there are in
Fleet street today some 5000 men en-
ployed as journalists, most OF whom
are supposed to know a good deal of
what is taking place in and around the
Court, yet they make no sign In pri-
vate OF displaying the slightest knowl-
edge of the most disturbing trouble
that has affected royalty for years.
The position occupied by n certain
countess in the affections of the heir
apparent Is public property. There is
little or no attempt made to disguise
u, and the scandal has been known TO
the princess for several years. When
the celebrated baccnrat story, which
drove Gordon Cumming out OF socletys
pale, was in vogue the princess was
made aware of the true state OF the
case. for there Is no doubt that two
Jealous women were the guilty cause
of the baronets downfall.
After this little was heard for some
seasons Of the set which had brought
the Wilson's and Tranby Croft so prom
inently before the public Then came
the painful story of Cowes, where the
spectacle was seen of two royal uucles
winning too freely with their imperial
nephew and putting him to bed under
very distressing circumstances in n
scullion's berth. II was n practical
Joke, worthy OF the days OF the merry
monarch. but slightly unsulted TO this
more prosnic age. The poor, fright
ened girl is now In noble German
family, where the influence OF Wilhelm
at once placed her. All these things.
ana many more. seem idlotlc when we
reflect that men of so are the perpe-
traitors, but hitherto the Guelphlan
Jokes have been ponderous. though
never brutal.
When, however, the most popular
lady in England Is made the subject
of them 1t is time TO protest. yet
great conspiracy OF silence has elected
that no notice shall be taken OF Il. The
fact is, ever since the Prince of Wales
went to stay at Warwick Castle there
has been great friction between the
heir apparent and his wife II really
began when the official intimatlon OF
the visit was made.
Poor Shakespeare was the excuse.
Warwick Castle has been the center
of attraction for the cognoscenti ever
since Lady Brooke became Countess OF
warwick. She has never been present
ed at court, Her name, however, man.
aged to get into the list for the great
drawing room, and the Princess OF
Wales, who. according to arrangement,
was to hold It, protested with some
warmth that the name must be re-
moved. This the Prince of Wales alb
solutely refused to do, and, in the alb
sence of the sovereign, the lists are re-
vlsed by the lord chamberlain, which
Office is now held by Lord Darlington.
one of the most intimate friends of
the princes earlier days.
IL is evident that the Princess of
Wales was to be Inundated by having
TO receive In open court her ladyship
OF Warwick
Then came a very terrible and pain
full scene after the opera at MARI
borough House, the daughters taking
the nothers part In very pronounced
way. The following morning the Prin-
cess OF Wales and her two daughters
proceeded to Windsor, ostenslbly to
bid the queen farewell before she pro-
ceeded to Scotland. but as the Balmoral
departure was eleven days distant Il
was evident this was but a suhterfuge
70 hide the real purpose Of the hurried
journey.
The queens Indignation when she
heard what had transpired knew no
bounds. A special messenger was dis
patched Mt once to London, bearing to
Lady Warwick an autograph letter
AIoll tue queen, with an lntimatlOn that
should her ladyship present herself at
buckingham palace she would be re-
fused admittance.
The exact words of the communion
| tlon received were wired instantly to
the prince, and the atmosphere at the
east end OF Pail Mall for the next four
| and-twenty hours closely approached
2l2 degrees Fahrenheit. The result of
all this was the Princess of Wales not
unnaturally became IN and physically
Incapable OF representing the queen
at the drawing room, so that at the
last moment the Warehouses OF Lorne,
who deeply sympathized with her sis
ter-in-law, undertook the task
This is n pretty little scandal as Il
stands, but what makes the whole busi-
ness much worse Is that the German
emperor has been induced to Invite the
redoubtable countess to Cowes, and II
| Is now stated on good authority that
his imperial majesty has unthlnkingly
| invited his royal grandmother at the
same time. As the Paris Figaro says
OF the Queensberrys' "Quelle famiile
| charmant."