Evening star., 1901-01-21
WILL BE EDWARD VII
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est of whom, Albert Victor Christian Ed
ward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, was
born January 8, 1854, and died In January,
1892 The second son, George Frederick
Ernest Albert, Duke of York, born June 8.
1865 married Princess Mary OF Teck July
6. 1893. He is next to his father in success
sion to the throne. Louise Victoria Alex
ander Dasmar, born February " ls6i,
married the Duke of Fife in 1889. Victoria
Alexander Olga Marie was born July g.
1863, and Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria,
born November %, 1869, married Prince
Charles. the second son of the Crown
Prince Of Denmark on July y. 1898
, Lord PalmeSton proposed that the Prince
of Wales should receive from the country
an income of 500 $50 year. with an added
5000 a year for the princess. This was
granted.
In House of Lords.
After that the prince took his seat in the
house Of lords. AS is well known, the only
votes he has ever east there have been in
favor of the bill for legalzng marriage
with a deceased wifes sister, the bill which
has been consistently rejected by his fell
low lords year after year.
The prince made his maiden speech in
the house of lords in 1884. 1t was in sup
port of a motion in favor Of the better
housing of the poor. He was subsequently
one of the commission appointed to con-
slider the matter
Sportsman and Fireman.
been without a string of thoroughbred rae
ing horses. Several of them. including
FloriZel II and Persimmon, have won the
Derby. The prince is as fond of good
dog as of good horse. His kennels at
Sandrfngham are fourteen in number, built
of brick and iron, with every modern i'm
provement that architects and dog fam
cierS could suggest.
In common with many less distinguished
persons, the Prince of Wales has from
childhood shown the keeneSt interest in
firemen and fires. For many years he was
regularly informed whenever an alarnf of a
possible way of getting to the fire he went.
He has attended, incognito. most of the
great fires in London for thirty years
His Daily Life.
OF late years Marlborough House has be-
come the center of the princes social and
official life. His study, where none but his
fntimates are admitted, looks like the room
of a hard working man of business. He
works at old-fashioned pedestal desk
table. The desk shuts with a spring and
can be opened only with golden key
which the prince carries on his watch
chain Every hour of his day is mapped
out for him. First comes his private cor
respondence, which is very large. From 10
till II each morning is spent in talking
over and debating replies to letters that
have been sorted over by his secretary.
The remainder of his day is governed by
his appointment book. The social feature
of 1t IS very large. When the prince does
have an idle hour he enjoys a novel
that he has picked from the book stall him
self.
lie is now grandmaster of the grand
lodges of England, ireland Scotland and
Wales, and is also grand prior of the order
of knights Templar in England and grand
patron of the Ancient Accepted Scottish
Kite of Freemasonry in the united king
dom. having received the thirty-third and
last degree in that branch of Frecmasonry.
In 1StS the late King of Sweden initia ed
the Prince of Wales into the mysteries of
FresmaSonry.
Among the members of the royal family
the Prince of Wales has been called 'Brr-
tie from his childhood. His father called
him by that name. MS mother entered it
In her daily diary long after he had grown
to manhood and become the father of a
large family. His wife calls him Bertie to-
day. Some of the pet names applied 10 the
prince have not been altogether dignified,
or even respec -ful-such as ''tum-tum. =
But the prince has put up with them all
good-naturedly. But BERTHE was for The
family alone. The Princess of Wales we'd
ding ring is set with a beryl, an emerald
ruby. turquoise, an iacinth and a sec
onl emerald: The initials Of these six
gems spell "Bertie''