The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-26
PLANS
FOR QUEENS OUTING
lMarquise de Fontenov.l


Queen Victoria has abandoned her in
tention of returning TO Ireland next
March, and VIII go instead to Bordi-
gheFa for couple of months in the
spring, occupying the apartments at
the Hotel Angst. which had been pre-
pared for her last spring when she
suddenly announced her determination
TO stay at Dublin instead of going
abroad. 1t is understood that she viii
travel via Ostend, a place which she
has not visited for nearly half a CEN
tury. Under ordinary circumstances
she would have landed on the continent
either at some French port, or else at
Flushing But the attitude of the
French people throughout the war, and
the pronounced sympathy of the Dutch
for the Beers, are said to have deter
mined the queen to avoid putting her
self under any obligations. either to
the Dutch or French government.
On her return to England the queen
will stay at Gotha, in order to visit the
tomb of her second son, Alfred, who
died last summer, and may likewise
spend day or two at Darmstadt to
visit another tomb dear to her, namely.
that of her faVorite daughter Alice
Grand Duchess of Hesse. While al CO.
burg she WIZ receive the visit of her
grandson, the emperor of Germany,
and IL is arranged that she will avail
herself Of the opportunity to invest his
eldest son, the young crown prince OF
Germany, With the Order of the Gar
ter.
The queens journeys need an i'm
mense amount Of preparation, as every
thing. down to the very smallest de-
tail, has to be thought out and deter
mined in advance. What with gentle
men and ladies in attendance, and do
mestics of one kind and another. the
royal party number, as a rule. consid-
erably over 100 persons. and together
with the carriages, horses. dogs. birds
and even dOnkeys. require at least
three special trains. The queen loves
to be surrounded by all her own lares
and penates, and not only does she
take with heI when she goes abroad
an entire suite of bedroom. dressing
room and boudoir furniture, the exact
counterpart of what she has at Wind
sor, at Osborne and Balmoral. besides
all her favOrite bTic-a-brac. pictures.
etc, but she even goes to the length of
carrying with her among her baggage
the altar, the altar cloth. and com
muniOn plate that are required for di-
vine service while she is abroad The
bishop Of Winchester, who may be de-
scrlbed as her spiritual adviser, has al
ready been notified to hold himself in
readiness to accompany the queen
abroad in his capacity of clerk of the
closet, and one of the cabinet minis
ters probably Lord James of Here
ford, the chancellor of the duchy of
Lancaster. viii likewise be comprised
in the royal suite
The presence of the queen for the
space of two months in the Italian Ri
viera, is likely 10 attract thither an
immense crowd, not merely of English
people, but likewise of foreign royaI-
ties, who are always glad to avail
themselves Of the aged British sover-
eign's continental visits to pay their
respects TO one who is looked uDon as
the female NestOr Of the old world
monarchs. The French Riviera is
likely to suffer severely in consequences:
stlll more so in fact than last spring.
since then, although English people
avoided to great extent the French
Riviera, there was nothing speciaIIv tn
divert the patronage of foreign royal
personageS from the French Riviera