The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-31

he'd children, and the duke OF Cumber-
land, land, WHOSE 'sia FIRST living child was not
The .iird brother was Edward, duke Of
kent men N o. YEARS Of age He Tas mot
of his brothers. Suddenly he determined
Victoria, daughter of Duke Franz Of
Saxe-Coburg, at that time 81 years of age.
had taken the dukes fancy. On July II,
1878, this lady became the. duchess Of
queen of England.
When the. duke was, informed by. his
It Ra Mas he haa Wish she tha Se OF
should be born on English soil. 'rhe
Journey was attended with difficulty, for
cash. In the spring of 1873. however, the
journey was made The duke and duch-
ess were installed at Kensington palace.
members and protegees of the royal fam
ily., and on, May "a 1878, "a pretty little
Bcrn Tbap pSp Re ass s aested With tss
child. He would dandle and caress her.
and men hand her to the arms of adInir-
England His grace did not live to en-
Joy his his parental pare, hhaopi15ess pin long a
bers of the family wol,d die in the
course of 1920. The duke believed the
s n Se Snter e Of apsfh @ he i
gone to the sheltered watering place of
Sidm91th, In Devonshire, TO cheat, as
pened, when, taking walk to get wet
and to catch cold. Acute Inflammation
ol the lungs supervened and carried him
off,
The poor widow found herself, owing
to the dukes considerable debts, in a
OF his DEATH Her brother. Leopo.., ena-
bled her to return to kensington, where
she henceforth devoted herself to the
Six days after the death of the duke of
Kent the prophecy above men, .oned was
asher George fd m By Sy MensS Me- aeSh the Of s n
proclaimed George " " The health Of the The
vanced he had no legal heir. The dukr Of
York. the heir apparent, was married.
had no family, and his duchess WAS in
the next in order, was of ripe age. He
had two daughters born to h.... f ich
Of her had So died nj, in ln5snSy Sut % I'm
not an impossible contingency. The :xt
in succession was the infant princess at
passed BY made i more s appaent that h Il
spared :, upon her the ths monarchy
matter Of fact the prophetic boast of the
lie. of Kent was fulfilled earlier than
r:igth have, been anticipated. The re-
gent reigned for just ten years after his
ascent to the throne as George W.. the
duke Of Clarence just seven years as Will
on August 80, 1886, King William, who
had acceded, to the throne on the death
of his brother. in 1857, gave dinner
There was one person whom the king
detested even more than his ministers
the, mother of the princess the duchess
criticisms on the reception she had met
from the. royal family in England The
n%l' ments for ''I her .' own use in kensington
palace, and had been refused by the
king. She appropriated the rooms not
-ttl IA linn t1al ta1
On 5Ii february Is 1881, When not quite IA
years OF age, she attended her first draw
using ns Mr. Lasy asve made wtes scehs ns
with Lord Durham Sne got up in a cor
ner OF, the room and said: Lord Dur
about me which are not true, and | de-
sire that you call upon me tomorrow
with witness to hear my positive de-
peat peat such such things about bout me me 1 She WA Was in in
fury. and he in a still greater. He
muttered that he should never set foot
hear, and after delivering herself of her
speech she fiounced back again to her
seat nightly proud Of her exploit. L
make Lady Durham demand an audi
ence of the queen to contradict the things
other % wig Wig aiies h The These i we're re days lays in in
which party. spirit ran high. and pene-
trated the whole fabric of society in Eng
time Princess Victoria had taken her
place in that society as the heiress to the
For national purposes the princess COM
pleted her majority on the 18th anniver-
had taken place, the King was desperate
ly i'll and died on June 20.
The king died at 2:20 on the morning
council at Kensington palace at II a. m.
the same day; After having received the
two two royal dukes, the two archbishops.
md ha nriF ntrats. .tat-
Lord Melbourne--the proclamation was
read to the council, the usual order pass
ed, the doors were thrown open and the
young queen entered.
eouIMh council wrote: wrote After she had read her
for the @ Security eo Of the cSnreh Of seot Saa
land the privy councillors were sworn,
the two royal dukes first by themselves,
knelt before, her, swearing allegiance
and kissing her hand | saw her blush
yes Ihe and des tne
lations, and this was the only sign Of
emotion which she evinced. Her man
gaging. She kissed them both and rose
from her chair and moved toward the
duke of Sussex, who was furthest from
seemed rather bewildered at the multi
tude of men who were sworn and who
SanS b aftsr dd ant ass her
nor did she make the slightest differ
ence in her manner, or show any in her
countenance to any individual of any
rank; station or party; I particularly
the ministers and the duke Of Yelling
ton and Peel approached her. She went
through the whole ceremony. OCCASION
ally looking at Melbourne for instruction
when she had any doubt what to do,
which hardly ever occurred, and with
perfect calmness and sef-possession but
at the same time with a graceful mod
esty and propriety particularly interest
On October IA, 1S39-that is, four days
after her lover had reached Windsor
the queen informed Lord N.eipourne that
she had made up her mind as to her mar
riage. On the 18th she thus wrote to
IT TO feel so guilty ] know not how to
begin my letter, but think the news it
w,l contain will be sufficient to insure
your forgiveness. Albert has complete-
ly won my heart, and all was settled
certain he will make me very happy /!
wish / could say 1 felt as certain of
making him happy, but shall do my
best. Uncle Leopold must tell you all
about the details, which / have not time
The official and public announcement of
Germany or England till the close Of the
The prince arrived in England for his
marriage on February G, 1910 The mar
riage took place on February 10 in the
chapel Of st. James palace .'The morn
ing,," writes Theodore Martin in his Life
foggy and dismal. but the day was not
10 want the happy omen of that SUM-
shine which came afterward to be prov
erbially known as queens weather.