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than the Saxon Prince Albert, some Sig
nifcant flowers from a bouquet she car
ried accompanying the gilt with glance
that spoke volumes
The princes dress Afforded no means
of wearing tho flowers, but he was equal
to the occasion. Taking out his penknite
and cutting slit in his tight green Riile
Brigade uniform. he placed them imme-
diately over his heart and the dancing was
continued. Tho next day the prince was
| told that the queen desired TO speak To
! him, and he was then shown tn an apart
ment where tho sovereign sat alone.
The Queens Proposal.
In the course Of conversation she asked
the prince how no liked England, aod on
his replying Very much said, Then
/ why should you leave ity" And immedi-
Gtely afterward. I'm an outburst OF "genu.
inc love-" informed him that he "had
! gained her heart and would make her in
! tensely happy If he would sacrifice him.
| self and share her life with her. " The
prince, rs we know. with the warmest
demonstrations Of affection, announced
! himself as quite ready To make the 'saorl-
| flee. ." and so the compact was concluded.
| The formal anDouncomont of her In
| tended marriage was made by the queen
! 20 tho House January III, 1910, and the
| following week the prince was made
! naturalized subject he was granted an
! annual allowance OF $50, 600. md by patent
| from the queen ho received the title of
| Ellis Royal Highncss. The morning OF
the marriage, February 10, 1910. was dis
| nal and rainy, but, notwithstanding this
the streets were overfowing with people.
The Royal MARI iagc
The royal party and great officers Of
state assembled al buckingham Palace
| and went In procession To tho chapel in
| st. James Palace, which had been mag
! nihcently decorated. The Queen "looked
! extremely pale as she passed along.
crowned with nothing but n wreath OF
| orange blossoms" F" Hor dress was of white
| satin, adorned with punches of orange
! blossoms and diamonds. and her veil,
! which cost 1000 pounds was OF Honitnn
| lace, especially ordered to encourage the
| lace trade in that Devonshire village, where
there was much destltutioD. The BRIDE
groom wore the uniform OF British
| field marshal.
Her majesty settled down quietly to do
nestle life in the simplest way possible.
| On Saturday, November j. 1910, the
| Princess Royal was born ut Buckingham
Palace. The Prince OF Wales was born on
| the morning of Tuesday, November o
1sil. So unbounded was the JOY Mt the
| palace at the birth Of a prince that al
most every influential individual in the
| royal household stepped out OF his own
proper sphere ard gave directions in the
| departments of Others. No fewer than
three messengers for instance, arrived in
as many minutes at Marlborough house,
the residence of the Queen Dowager, to
bring news of the joyful event 70 Lon
| don in general the fact that prince was
bern was made known by the firing of
| great guns. so long and so loud were
the salvos that they called forth from
Douglas .Ierrold the witty remark. "How
they do powder these royal babies"
Prince Alfred was born at Windsor on
Wednesday, August Il 1915. Princess Helena
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throughout tho country made lS47 IA try
ing year for the queen. and the chief re-
taxation was tour in Scotland. While
there she was ut Dumbarton Castle, as
she tells us in her diary "A little fell
low, Just two years old-a dear, white
fat. fair little fellow, with reddish hair
hut very delicate features, like both his
father and mother; he is such merry,
independent little child. That same
independent little child" was the mar
quis of Lorne, who afterward became the
husband of her daughter Princess Louise
who was born March Is, lS4S. Prince
Leopold was added to the royal family
on April Z. 1858.
Death OF Prince Albert
There Is no doubt that the Prince Con-
sorts political anxieties, more particularly
the difficulty with America over the
seizure OF the confederate commissioners to
England from the British mail packet.
the Trent, by an American warsbip, bad
materially affected his health. On Decem.
Der = 1861, the royal physicians spoke Of
low fever, and advised the prince, who
was then at Windsor, TO take n long rest
In bed, and to leave for timo affairs of
state severely alone. The prince, how
ever, refused TO listen to them until the
symptoms became so grave that he was
forced to submit. But it was .hen too
late Or Sunday preceding the princes
death the queen was at church. when
suddenly u provision Of what was about
to happen came upon her and In that
1 agony OF haunting fear she heard scarcely
| word of tho hopeful sermon, preached
by Charles Kingsley. AT homo the Prin-
cess Alice sat playing and singing hymns
TO her dying father. who. on that memor-
able afternoon, said to her: II have
such sweet thoughts my dear.
On the next Saturday, Dec. II, 1861,
at IL o'clock at night. the end came.
"Gutes Frauchen, ("Dear little wife') }
were the Prince Consort's last words as
he lovingly kissed the queen and laid his
weary hend upon her shoulder. 'Es ist
kleines Frauchcn" ("'Tis your own little
wfe") whispered the weeping queen, a
faint movement of the head showing
that she was heard. Then the Prince,
half doing. quietly died.
The Prince Consort left will bequeath-
ing his entire fortune to his wife.
The Queens Wealth.
Queen Victoria Is the wealthiest
sovereign that has ever ruled over Great
Britain. All Of her,spredecessors upon
the throne bequeathed TO their successors
nothing but debts, which Parliament was
called upon TO pay. While the queen per-
mitted the nation thus to settle the liabii-
tiles of her unoles, King George ~, and
King William ~, she made point i'm
medintely after her succession To pay Off
In full the very large debts contracted by
her father. the duke Of Kent. This, tho
portioning of her daughters, rs we'll as
some Of her granodaughters, who have in
each case received from her a dowry of
$500, 0C0 on marrying, and the settlement
on one occasion of some very pressing lia-
bilities of the Prince Of Wales, may DO said
to have constituted tho only very heavy
expenses which the queen has been called
upon TO meet since she assembled the
throne In 1887.
From that time forth until the present
day she has been in receipt of civil list
amounting to close upon 81, 000. 600 year.
OF this the major portion is assigned to
| 1afntfo hnaHs of axpannitiirn a.