Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-24
SOME ROYAL PROPOSALS.
POPPING THE QUESTION IN THE
HIGHEST OF HIGH LIFE.
How Prince Albert Managed With the
Queen-The Prince Of Wales FELL I'm
Love at First Sight--Tbe Cars Pro-
posal to the Princess Alix.

Oueen-The Prince of Wales FELL in
Love at First Sight-Tbe Cars Pro-
posal to the Princess Alix.
The prince, like the peasant, has to
take advantage of the most favorable
opportunity that presents itself forfeit
ing the princess how much he loves
her. says the Chicago Times-HcralG,
and he finds lonely moor or quiet
sequestered dell in a wide park as
useful an adjunct to the process as
does any factory girl off with James
William for the afternoon. 1
How did the Prince Consort of Eng
land manage with the Queen. The
story has oft been told, and it is prob
ably correct in its outline, that it was
not he in this case who had to manage.
but She For it appears to he court
etiquette for the Queen to do the pro-
posing in such case. 1t is said thaf
while at n 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
buttonholc in his uniform as soldier,
but taking out his penknife he made
n slit in his coat and placed the spray
tenderly in it. What happened next
during the quiet talk in one OF the
adjoining apartments we may leave
to conjecture but the fact of the en-
gagenent was soon made known Dy
the Queen to her council.
The Prince of Wales had met his
future wife at continental town and
had first set eyes OH her while visiting
n cathedral there some time before he
went TO Denmark to visit her parents
and made his proposal. His was case
of love at first sight. He was so
struck with the beauty and grace OF
the princely maiden whom he saw in
that cathedral that he made many in
Uuiries about her and sought an intro
duction. Then the later Steps came in
due course. II was al 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
private room which is one of the
suite of rooms in the Rosenberg castle
where the proposal was made. Either
here or in an adjoining room his Royal
Highness went through the same
trembling few minutes that all pro
p0sqrs" know so well and remember
so wildly. often to their future dis
comfort. There never seems 10 have
been any doubt of the answer TO he
given by Princess Alexandria, low
ever. for she was as much i'll love with
the fine-lookipg heir TO the British
throne as he was with her. And so,
after this suspicious day, ''all went
merry as marriage bell" and Eng
land welcomed the Danish cOnqueror
once more to her domains with vel
come very different TO that of Canute
in 1910.
When in 1874 the Duke Of Edinburgh
took to England his Russian bride il
WIS tDHSlueIeu SOut outtu ny ehN
many Brtons 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 pro
posing" than the precincts and salons
of the grand palace ut st. Petersburg.
where the imperial family resides. And
here it was that the Russian Princess
first received the proposal of the En-
glish 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 lowIy maidens, the daughter of
Il Gar would like being asked more
than once. and would not be averse
to IL little pleading upon the part of
her royal lover And we know that
the RomanOf princesscs are not light
ly won.
have been seen OH q Scotch moor in
the district of Balmoral They had
gone out for the day with party of
friends, and. like many other lovers,
from time immemorial, they had man
aged very beautifully TO lose the party
and lose themselves and the nearest
way. Nevertheless they walked gay
" along 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 gath
cred it and presented it to The girl be-
side him. For she was a true girl,
barely eighteen at the time. But she
knew the meaning Of such Il gift from
such person. and she clearly wills
pered, Yes" loud'enough for the hap
by lover to hear. For when they
reached home there had TO be telling
to papa and mamma" Of something
that had happened. And the next news
heard was that the Crown Prince of
Germany was betrothed TO the English
Princess Royal.
White Lodge, Richmond Park, was
the place where the Duke of York did
his counting" of the Princess May,
and it is generally stated that it was
in tho, small but well-kept gardens
round the pretty mansion that he
went through the ceremony which,
as the old man said long ago. comes
10 all of us who want to be married,
sooner or later" Prince George meant
business from the first, as every sailor