The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-01-30

cncc on business Of Importance.
After another delay and another
ringing to inquire the cause, The at
tcndant was summoned, who statcC
that the princess was in such swcc!
sleep that she could not venture to
disturb hcr.
| "Thcn they said We are come on
business Of State to the Queen, and
even her sleep must give wayto that
1t did; and from that she did not keep
| them waiting. in few moments she
came into the room in loose white
nightrobe and shawl, her nightcap
thrown off and her hair falling upon
her shoulders, her feet in slippers,
tears in her eyes. but perfectly col
lectcd and digniicd.
The attendant, notwithstanding the
urging of the visitor, had not awaken
cd Victoria, but had called her moth
er. The Duchess Of Kent bad aroused
the young girl and sent her name into
the room where Lord Conyngham and
the archbishop were waiting.
The Lord Chamberlain knclt down
and presented the paper to the aston
ishcd girl, announcing the death of
her uncle and notifying her that she
was his successor.
The girl could say nothing, and the
archbishop announced that he had
come by desire of Queen Adelaide,
widow of King William, who wanted
Victoria to know of the peaceful death
of her uncle.
The Queens first words we're ad-
dressed to the primate. She said:
II beg your grace to pray for me, !"
which he did.
Victoria's first written communica-
tion as Queen was dispatched an hour
later to Queen Adelaide in reply to n
request that she might remain at
Windsor Until after the funeral. She
addressed this letter to "Hcr Majesty
the Queen. - Victoria was told that
it should be directed to the queen
dowagcr
81 am aware of that" answered
Victoria, "but will not be the first
to remind her Of her altered position. !"
at IL clock on that same morning
she had to preside at her first privy
council. An cxtcmporized throne had
been placed at the head Of the table,
around which were grouped the great
est men in the kingdom. Without
any embarrassment she read to them
her first speech, which had been pre-
pared by some older and wiser head.
Her only embarrassment came when
the old men, whom she had been
taught to revere from infancy, knclt
before her to swear allegiance and kiss
her hand.
An hour after the privy council she
was caller Upon again to preside at a
gathering of the cabinet ministers.
HER ONE LOVE AFFAIR.
The Queen proposed marriage TO tho
man who became her husband. Royal
etiquette imposed the difficult task
upon Victoria, as she was Queen ind
shc man Of her choice, Prince Albert,
Was Of inferior rank and station.
Many accounts have been told and
written of how Victoria popped the
question" but tho true ono has new r
been published and probably never
will be. The matter was too sacred to
the Queen for discussion among her
closest friends, and the prince consort, i,
her hu,nand, faithfully kept the secret
until he died.
Victoria had but one love affair.
No other romance ever figured ia her
life, though scores of mighty suitors
sought her hand.
In her infancy she was consccratcd
TO her first cousin, Francis Charles
Augustus Albert Emanuel, second SON
of Ernest, Duke of SAKE Coburg Saal-
field. A95crts father and Victoria S
mother were brother and sister, chill
drcn of the Duke Of Coburg.
The marriage contract between AL
bert and Victoria was entered into by
their parents when no one dreamed
that the little girl would ever be
Queen of England, She grew up with
the idea 30 firmly imbeddcd in her
thoughts that she was to be the wife
Of Prince Albert that it never occurred
tn her to alter shc arrangement after
she became Qnccu.
Albert and Victoria met for the first
time when they were both about II
years IF age .A!bcr: was very shy i.
"a boy, bat Victoria was never cmbar
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