Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-28
SOME ROYAL WOOINGS
SPOTS WHERE IMPORTANT PRO-
POSALS WERE MADE.
Romauces that Have Figured in the
Otherwise Cut-and-Dr Lives OF
Few of the Great Rulers of the
Continent of Europe.

Many people are possessed of the
idea that, as royal marriages have
! generally TO be arranged "a lflairs of
state, the prospective bridegroom has
no occasion TO WOO his bride as the
average man would do. This, how
ever. is a totally erroneous idea, Il
will be found on reading the following
authentic accounts of how and where
some royalties proposed to those who
ultimately became their wives, says
London Tit-Bits.
| 1t was At Rosenberg, the palace of
the Danish royal family, that King
| Edward VII. proposed to and was ac-
cepted by our gracious queen. His
majesty-then. of course, Prince of
Wales-first saw his wife in the cathe-
dral of continental town, and was
so impressed with her beauty that he
determined to secure an introduction
on learning who the princess was. The
result of that Introduction was that
short time afterward the prince went
over to Denmark and made formal
claim for the hand of the princess.
| A charming story is that told regard
ing the manner in which the late En-
peror Frederick of Germany, then
crown prince, proposed to the princess
royal (the late Empress Frederick).
| The two became separated from the
rest of royal party. who were TAX
| ing a walk over a Scotch moor in the
vicinity of Balmoral. Suddenly the
crown prince spied a bit of white
heather, and, picking it up, gave 1t to
the young girl beside him-for the
princess was barely Is years of age
at the time. She knew, however, the
meaning of the simple gift, and whis-
pered Yes" loud enough for her COM
paniOn to hear. During the remainder
of their lives Balmoral always had
great attractions for the emperor and
empress.
White Lodge, Richmond Park, was
the place where our present Prince of
Wales wooed and won the heart of
Princess May. The prince went on a
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Duchess of Fife, who lived at Sheen
House, near the park gates. Every
day his royal highness could be seen
strolling down Sheen lane, leading to
White Lodge, and 1t was in the gar
dens round that mansion that he put
the all-important question.
In describing how the Marquis of
Lorne, now, of course, the Duke of Ar
gyll, proposed TO Princess Louise one
cannot do better than quote the rec
ord made of the event by Queen Vic
toria in her Leaves From the Journal
of Life in the Highlands" Our late
queen wrote:
This was an eventful day. Our
dear Louise became engaged to Lord
Lorne, The event took place during
walk from the Glassalt Shel to
Loeb Dhu. We got home by I. Louise.
who had got home some time after,
told me that LOrne had spoken of his
devotion to her and proposed to her.
and that she had accepted him, know
ing that | should approve"
1t was at the same place, /. e.. Rosen-
berg, the seat of the Danish royal
family, where our king proposed to
the daughter of the sea kings" that
the present ear asked Princess Alix of
Hesse in 1894 to be his wife. He had
made up his mind long before that If
he married it would be to whom he
pleased rather than one commended
to him by his counsellors for state rea-
sons. His choice fell upon Princess
AliX, and party was arranged at
Rosenberg to allow Nicholas to meet
this royal lady. Accounts differ re-
garding the actual spot where the
proposal took place Some say the
car proposed during an evening party;
others that he did so in the gardens
round the palace while out for a walk
with the princess. The latter account.
however, is generally regarded as cor
rect.