The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-13
ROYAL PROPOSALS.
How some Kings and Queens Have
Arranged Their Marriages.

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From che London Mail
without proposals there could he ro
/ marriages. Tor from time lmmemorial men
Of all natlonalities. from the most untutor-
Cd savage 90 the most refined Europeans.
have. according co their several customs
ana Individual methods. popped the ques-
ton"
This applies equally 20 tho highest as
to the lowest. though the idea generally
obtains that many matches among Eu-
ropean royalties. being mere matters Ol
state convenience and utterly lacking
those elements which we term love -
are brought a0out without am proposal
being made boy the gentleman 90 the lady
How erroneous this s can readily be
plove1 By taking few notable examples
Il was IN "A certain continental oatheslrs
that the Prince Of wales first saw his
wife. and IL is an open secret that on the
occasion he was mpch struck with her
beauty. II was ~ RoHenthal. the palace uf
the Danish royal family. that his Royal
Highness had the tete-a-tete with the
Princess Alexandra. IN the course Of which
he asked the Daughter Of the Sc,
Kings" 10 be his wife: nor did he plead
in vain
The Princes younger brother. the late
Duke OF SaNe-Coburg and Gotha. wooed
and won his Russian bride in one OF the
magnificent salons of che palace Al ~.
Petersburg. and Il IS recorded IN this con-
nection that the sailor prince" had 20
ask The daughter % the Great white Gear
more than once ere she accepted him
The story Of how the Queens marriage
came about is az once one OF the most
unique and prettiest IN the annals Of
royal matches Though widely known. u
u 20 charming that IL can scarce be re-
ptated too often. According to oourt
etiquette. Prince Albert could not pro.
pose 20 her majesty. and thus IL came
about that the young Queen took the In
itiattve. In an essentially maideniy way.
during a dance with the Prince a. Wind
sOr castle. She wac wearing a spray of
white lilac and with a blush she took u
from her breat and bonded n 20 her royal
sutton. Prince Albert wore a military uni
form. but he did not bet the lack Of a but
sonhole stand IN the way. for he made a
sit IN his coat win his pocketknlfe and
fastened the flower IN u. Then the royal
couple slipped into an adjoining apart
ment, ana In day or two after the en-
Esgemen, Of che Queen was announced.
The gardens around white Lodge were
the scene OF the Duke 81 York's proposal
20 Princess Mary OF Teck.
In Leaves from the Journal Of our
Life In the Highlands" the Queen wrote
~ follows with regard 20 the engagement
Of Princess Louise 20 the present Duke OF
Argyll. This was an eyentfui day Our
dear Louise was enRag ed 10 Lord Lorne
The event took place during a walk from
the Glassalf Shiei 20 Loeb Dell We got
home By z Louise. who returned home
some time after. told me that Lorne had
spoken 20 her. and that she had accept
I'd him. knowing that / should approve E"
II was In Scotlsnd also that another OF
the Que daughters became engaged
The two royal lovers wandered on on a
moor from the rest OF the party with
whom they had been Espying the white
heather. the Crown Prince OF Germany
plueked a spray and offered q 20 the Prin-
cess Royal. who accepted T.. and with
Il the hand % the Prince The betrothal
was shortly afterward announced
II was duriaE a family party AZ Copen-
hagen that the present Car of All the
Russias proposed 10 Princess Alix Of
Hesfe. II l. understood that he nrst made
known his devotion 90 Princess Ailx while
stroliing with her among the flowers In
the palace garden.