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SOME ROYAL PROPOSALS.
Scenes and Incidents Of Popping tn

Question in the Highest of High Life
The prince, like the peasant has t
take advantage of the most favorable
opportunity that presents itself for tell
ing the princess how much he loves her
and he finds lonely moor os a quie
sequestered dell in a wide park as use
full an adjunct to the process as does
any factory girl off with "James VIII
liam for the afternoon.
HoHw did the Prince Consort of En-
gland manage with the Queen? The
story has oft been told. and lie is prob
ably correct in its outline, that 1t was
not he in this case who had to manage
but she. For it appears to be court ETH
quette for the Queen to do the propos-
ing in such case. 1t is said that Whils
at a dance with the Prince at Windsor
| Castle in 1910 her Majesty took from
her dress a spray of white lilac and
gave it to him. He had no button hole
| in his uniform as a soldier, but taking
| out his penknife he made slit In his
coat and placed the spray tenderly in
it. What happened next during the
quiet talk in one of the adjoining apart
ments, we may leave to conjecture, but
the fact of the engagement was soon
made known by the Queen to her c,oun-
Gil.
The Prince of Wales had met his flu
tlre wife al a continental town ana had
first set eyes on her while visiting a
cathedral there some time before he
went TO Denmark to visit her parents
and make his proposal. His was a case
of love at first sight He was sa struck
with the beauty and grace of the prince
" maiden whom he saw in that cathe-
dral that he made many inquiries ABOUT
her and sought an introduction Then
the later steps came in due course. 1t
was at the castle of the Danish royal
family at Rosenberg that the Prince of
Wales had his private interview with
the daughter of the sea kings and
proposed gladly to find her an English
home and happiness for the remainder
of her life. And here she accepted
him. This was in a private room which
Is one of the suite of rooms in the Ro-
senberg castle where the proposal was
made. ElEther here or in an adjoining
room his Royal Hghness went through
the same trembling few minutes That
all "propOsers" know so well and re-
member so wildly, often to their future
discomfort. There never seems to have
been any doubt OF the answer to be
given by Princess Alexandra, however,
for she was as much in love with the
fine looking heir to the British throne
as he was with her, And so, after this
auspcious day. "all went merry as n
marriage bell and England welcomed
the Danish conqueror once more to her
domains with a welcome very different
to that Of Canute in 1040.
When in 1874 the Duke Of Edinburgh
took to England his Russian bride 1t
was considered good omen by the
many Britons who still recollected the
terrible days of the Crimean war. And
the omen has so far indeed been good;
there has been peace with that great
nation for the past quarter of cen
fury. No more splendid surroundings
could possibly be imagined for ''propos-
ing" than the precincts and salons of
the grand palace at st. Petersburg,
where the imperial family resides. And
here 1t was that the Russian princess
first received the proposal Of the Eng
lish prince for her hand and heart, She
accepted the sailor prince whether
with or without hesitation we are not
told But probably like even more
lowly maidens, the daughter of a Gar
would like being asked more than once,
and would not be averse to a little
upon the part of her royal
lover. And we know that the Roman
off princesses are not lightly Won,
It was in 1857 that two lovers might
have been seen on a Scotch moor in the
district of Balmoral They had gone
out for the day with a party Of friends,
and like many other lovers from time
they had managed very
beautifully to lose the party and lose
themselves and their nearest way.
they walked gayly along
back toward Balmoral over the springy
turf, evidently anything but cast down |
at the loss. Suddenly the gentleman
spied piece of white heather growing |
close by. He gathered 1t and presented |
It to the girl beside him. For she was
A true girl, barely is at the time! But |
she knew the meaning of such a gift |
from such person, and she slearly |
Yes loud enough for the !
happy lover to hear. For when they |
reached home there had to be a telling
10 papa" and mamma of something
hat had happened And the next news
heard was that the crown Prince of
ieremany was betrother to the English
Princess royal
White Lodge, Richmond Park, was
he place where the Duke Of York did
lis counting" Of the Princess May and
t is generally stated that it was in
he small but well-kept gardens round
he pretty mansion that he went
through the ceremony which. as the old
nan said long ago, comes to all of us
Who want to be married, sooner or lat
r." Prince George meant business