Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-26

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| was. however. burned immediotalv nr,at
her death by Count Kurati1 a frio1 a,'ef ,r
pauls. and the latter duly ascendea .ha
of czarewitCh was the second hrn,h,, r'',T W
| the presens emperor who. after = raraer
! shronded IN gloom ana living in surh i
| degree "t retireinent thnt few of hi
/ brothers subjects knew him oxai, ~
sight. while his name was raralt II avn
mentioned either officially or oiharu.i.n
,maaii uIrn NV u ihe arms Of an old peasant
the rupture of n blood vessel u,Iite ,innn
Q! tne rnodside, near the remote eau
eIs'an village where he mad, his home.
IN England any superstition thar tbars
may he with regard to tha titia nr p,;n,.o
or aies is restricted to instances whcrn
IL mas been conferred uuon a youuver ann
.t y, ~ npstreish the most notable in
Stance which is cited in support of this
p"hrl otins that of King Charles H. whn
~ ~, tne usath OF his elder brother Henry
uuuIinS the lifetime of their father. King
oihVS' WAS created by the latter prjnra
OF Wales. and who ultimately Iost M |
ohlH ms throne, but also his head ON thn |
SSalolu While there is no likelihood 81 |
ath. m,ou neorsS ever sharing the fate OF
the latter tragic death is believed b\ |
,nlhS ma To nave led King Edward who. lik, |
,iherest We rest Of his family, is very surers,i- |
.lonS, to delay until now the grant IL |
M ms sailor son of that title of Prince. az !
MaleS' which would have fallen To the lot /
., 81 ms elder brother the late Duke oI |
q. t,t
irince Of Wales carries with II no in !
crease Of status. of power or Of rank IL |
Is merely tttular honor, calculated to |
distinguish the heir apparent to m. |
.iirohe from the other royal dukes |
brothers, nephewS and cousins of M |
sovereign, and it is as Duke OF Cornwal |
M,lu anu YORK that Prince George will con
tlhue 10 vote in the House of Lords since |
MS dukedoms of Cornwall and York are |
peerases, carrying with them the right of |
voting in Parliament. whereas the dignity |
ol fTlnce OF Wales carries with it no such |
prerogatives
There have been several cases in En.- |
lish history. where the sovereign mas rt- !
frained from investing his son and herr |
notable instance being Henry VIII who's,
SON, King Edward VI. was Duke OF |
cornwall W Ia the time of his accession. |
but not Prince OF Wales Neither was
King Charles II. ever created prince nj |
Wales by his father and King James III |
was equally reniss with regard to his |
treat Britain as the Pretender There. |
mas been put one Princess Of Wales in |
ner own right, namely Mary, eldes,
daughter of King Henry VIII ana v-bn
is known in English history by the agree
able surname of Bloody Mary" ST.
was created Princess of Wales by he. |
people. and it is probably on this account |
that her Young hdf-brother. King |
Edward vi. who preceded her on thu |
throne. had to content himself during his |
Cornwall.
With regard 10 the title of Prince of the |
Asturias il has been for the past bu |
years or more the dignity borne hy the
helr-apparent 10 the throne of Spain. and !
diners in this respect from the titles OF |
Prince OF Wales and of Czarcwitch in |
that II IS, 50 70 speak, eX-otticio. ana be- |
longs ipSo factO TO the hpir-apfar.ut |
without having to be conferred Thu
present heir TO the Spanish throne is the !
lhianta Mercedes, who reiened as queen |
daring the six months that interviewed be- |
tween the death of her father Alfonso |
Nil. and the birth of her brother the |
present KING On his advent in the world |
she stepped down from the throne ana
became once more Princess Of the As
turiaS. as she had been during the late |
kings lifetime. In Spain, husbands i'll |
Variably share any titles or digntaries |
which -their wives may possess. and in |
consequence thereof. the husband Of tn,
infanta. Prince Charles of Eourbor. !
younger son OF the Legitimist claimant t
the throne of Naples. is now officially |
known as Prince of the Asturias. and III
the event of her succeeding TO the throne
as queen regnants Will become in the SAM
way king consort of Spain. The title of
Princess of the AsturiaS is remarkahl, (
for this reason. that ii is. strictly speak |
ing the only princely title in Spain Th. |
members of the reigning house are styled |
infants and inTantaS. and the only prince
ly title that is recognized is that of tn.
AstUrias. Formerly there was one other |
prlncely title, namely the one conferred |
at the close of the eighteenth century |
upon Godoy. the ignobIe ana unversan. |
eXecrated favOrite of King Charles ~.
and Queen Louise of Spain. who was
created by them Prince of the Peace u |
title now extinct. The Asturias is one OF |
the most ancient provinces of the kingdom |
of Spain. 1T is now known as Ovicdo ana |
after the invasion of the peninsular b. |
the Moors and domination by the latter
was the only part of the kingdom that |
managed to keep the dusky enemy beyond |
its borders, and 70 retain its indep ndeace