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did not keep them waiting, in few
minutes she came into the room in a
loose white nightgown and shawl, her
nightcap thrown Off and her hair fall
ing upon her shoulders, her feet in
slippers, tears in her eyes, but per-
fectly collected and dignified."
Victoria never had but one love af-
fair. From babyhood she had been
consecrated to her cousin, Prince Al
bert. Suitors for her hand were
countless. Every prince in Europe
not already engaged entered the lists.
but Francis Charles Augustus Albert
Emanuel, second son of Ernest, duke
of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld, won the
prize. Albert and Victoria met for
the first time when they were both
about II years of age. They were
first cousins. Albert's father and
Victoria's mother being brother and
sister, the children of the duke Of Co
burg. It is said that Albert was so
shy that he hesitated to ask for his
cousins hand, and that Victoria final
ly popped the question" The privy
council was called together at Buck
ingham palace Nov. %, 1889, and in
formed by Victoria that she intended
to marry Prince Albert.
Bore Down Ali Opposition.
The counselors of the young queen
did not look upon the proposed match
with any too great favor, and some
were strongly opposed to it. but Victo-
ria would not brook opposition in a
matter in which her happiness was so
vitality concerned, and made her de-
termination clearly apparent. She
did not believe in long engagements,
either, and at noon on Feb. 10, 1910.
Victoria was welded to Albert in the
Chapel. Royal, st. James palace.
Queen Victoria was the mother of
nine children, of whom two have died,
as well as three of her sons-in-law.
Princess Victoria Adelaide Maria Lou
lisa, the queens first child, was born
Nov. 81, 1910. This daughter married
in 1850 Crown Prince Frederick of
Prussia, and is the mother of the pres
ent emperor, William ii.
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales,
was born in November, 1841, and now
becomes King Edward VII of Eng
land and emperor of India. He
married March 10, 1863, the Princess
Alexandria, eldest daughter of the
king of Denmark.
Seven other children were born to
the queen, as follows: Alice Maud
Mary, born April %, 1S43; married
July I, 1862, to Louis w., grand duke
of Hesse, and who died Dec. IA, 1878;
Alfred Ernest Albert, duke of Edin-
burgh and duke of Saxe-Coburg-Go
tina, born Aug. g. 1874, and married on
Jan. 49, 1874, to the Grand Duchess
Marie of Russia; Helena Augusta Vic
toria, born May %, 1876, and married
July 5, 1866, to Prince Frederick
Christian of Schleswig- Holstein;
Louise Caroline Alberta, born March
49, 1S4S, and married March 81, 1871
to John, marquis of Lorne; Arthur
duke of Connaught, born May /, 1850
and married March IS, 1879, to the
Princess Louise Margaret, daughter
of the late Prince Frederick Charles
of Prussia: Leopold, duke of Albany
born April Z, 1853, and married April
q, 1882, to the Princess Helen,
daughter of the late Prince George of
Waldeck. and who died March %,
1884, and Beatrice Mary Victoria Fe-
dora, who was born April IA, 1857,
and married July %. 1888, to Prince
Henry Maurice of Battenberg.
Death of Prince consort.
Victoria's mother and husband died
in 1S61-the former in March and the
latter in December Both these events
were crushing blows. She remained
for many years in almost unbroken
seclusion at Windsor or Balmoral. Her
grief was sincere and lasting. On the
old fashioned, paddle wheel steamer
Victoria and Albert, called by courte-
sy ''the Queens yacht the antique
little cabin was kept furnished in ex.
actly the manner effected by the
prince eonsort.
This retirement from public func-
lions brought the queens son, Albert
Edward, prince of Wales, into more
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the entertaining and received at Buck
ingham palace in the queens name for
ten years or more. Except on import
ant diplomatic occasions, the queen
was invisible to public functionaries,
The tradition that the queen never
smiles" is old in England. as old as
her reign. The hundreds of photo
graphs of her majesty. sold in all
parts of the world, invariably show
the one expression, the heaviness of
the face, accentuated by the pro-
nounced droop of the long upper lip.
The queens pet son was the unfor.
tunate duke of Albany, who was an
invalid from birth. She watched over
this boy with all the tenderness OF
any mother. and when the end came
in his young manhood the sovereign
suffered as only mother does.
Beginning in poverty, through the
thrift of her husband, and despite the
prodigality of her eldest son, the
queen by strict economy accumulated a
fortune of $50 900. 600. which includes