The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
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King and Queen Both Gone
From Their Capital.
F0LJ ZEN AT HER OLD Ii, HOME i
His Majes,ys Hostess, Queen A'ne''e
81 One 81 the Most Remarkable Wo-
men Who Occupy aThrone Has
Medals For Life Saving.
~ PAUL LAM BETH.

~ PAUL LAMBETH.
33sfs Special Gable to The Times. Dispatch,
355. Copyrighted, 1so3.)
35$&sas LONDON, April 11.--Aftcr stay o.
,sSS over six weeks in London, the Court has
3 deserted the Metropolis, and the i>lhs
&l5 and Queen have each gone different
s'3S ways.
s33s His Majesty went TO Portugal, and
8 Queen Alexandria Is now at her ola nome
sf5i Denmark. s ~.
The visit OF King Edward to his ally
x 81 Portugal being ''oTicial," 1t has been
made the occasion of great public re-
a joicings and entertainments on a large
95i scale had been organized.
5s His Majesty's hostess, by the way, is
" one OF the most remarkable women VINO
# now occupy n European throne as
3sa Queen Consort. 4 i.
ss55s3sSa Queen A1melie has two medals for life
saving, botl, gained under remarkable
ISL circumstances. Her gallant rescue OF a
! boat nar who was drowning at CAS- Caes
n brought her medal from the German Elm
& peror, and Her Majesty had some years
9before won the Royal Rumane society's
medal for Jumping into the Iasus ana
XXI saving her own child
Tho young Queen is practical, Rlnu-
&s hearted and high minded.
i4s8sSSs During the last few years she may DC
ii said to have recognized the hospitals
s Of her husbands Kingdom, and, IN or
ss der to give a good example to the ladies'
ss Of her court. she herself attended medl-
MI cal lectures and became an expert nurse
Queen Amelie remained to the last
with the heroic Dr. Prestana, who gave
his life for the victims Of the plague
some years ago, and she Will probab!y
III never forget the last sad scene by his
.deathbed.
i ot his 0liper.
1.-THE tetanic spasms have returned
4 I'd eli. madam. I thank your Majesty for
u having honored my deathbed by your
"a presence. aS5 El III
Her Majesty speaks English perfect
y ly,&nnd IS quite as great an Anglophic
.3g5jRs her husband who was recently up.
Rpointed by King Edward to be Colonel
lin Chief of the Oxfordshire Light In
8fantry. which regiment. as the Forty
third and I7lfty-second Foot. covered IT.
& self with glory in the defence Of Portu-
I guese liberty in the Peninsula war.
IRISH SECRETARY.
The man who has soothed the savage
i and 4implucable breasts Of the Irish Ma
3Stionalists with his Land Bill which Is
going to work miracles in the distress
$.ful country. is the beauty" Of tho Brit
#ish Cabinet.
THE Right Hon. George Wyndham,
81 chief secretary for Ireland is thrty-nine
q yenrs Of age. he has n tall and elegant
y figure. always fnultessly dressed dark,
nruiline features; and thick corp of
prematurelys gray hair, which he wears
4 low on his forehead in a graceful sweep.
He comes Of a handsome family, for
I his sisters are three of the most beau
}&tifu women In socety-Lady Elcho, Mrs.
Il Adeau and Mrs. Tenant.
;ss5 He is descended, too. from one Of the
roblest Of Irish patriots. Lord Edward
@ Fitzgerald. He is thus connected with
the ducal house OF Leinster and also
y with that of Westminster by his mar
&riage withSthe Countess Grosyenor, Wild
ow Of the eldest son of the late Duke. and
u mothero of the present Duke. n.
35l So TINT the handsomest man in the
" government and one of the youngest Is
II step-father-in-lnw to one OF the ovelest
4 women in the British PeeraGe the OUCH
Y ess OF Westminster, nee Shclagn Corn
\ wallis West
Fl cRlMEAN HERO.
That grand old man. the Duke of Cam
r bridge, has just celebrated his eighty
fourth birthday, which took place while
II he was spending his annual holiday on
5$the Riviera.
He is the last survivor Of tie men who
& held general QGieer's commands In the
u Crimean upE aad. hi commanded the
Guards Brigade at. the battle Of the
u Alma. .5s
gsa His tenure OF the office OF Commander
s in5Chief was the longest on record, last
ling thirty-nine years (1s56- 1880.
The old man is still very active for
4 his years. His rotund little figure, with
his now hating and feeble gait. clad In
Il a field marshal's uniform. is still occa-
: sionally seen at reviews and parades,
II and he continues to be an Inveterate
dner-out. AS head of the army he was
x very popular with all ranks Of the SER,
vice, rivalling even "Bobs'' in this re-
spect
XII KINGS VISIT.
The Kings visit to Edinburgh In May
Is filling the breasts OF the canny inhabi-
tants of "Auld Reeke" with joyful anti
+ cipation.
Not since the memorable visit Of George
u ~. in 1922 has the Modern Athens been
the scene OF such gorgeous royal func-
5gtions. including n levee in the historic
l1olyrood Palace. associated with the ro-
K mantle memory OF Mary, Queen of Scots.
IS Their Matestes will be lodged during
the stay in Scotland at Dalkeith Palace,
the seat of the Duke and Duchess OF
Buecleuch,
The house, which Is situated Ia beau-
tiful park some eight miles from Edln-
burGh, was built In 100 for the Duchess
Of Monmouth.
1T is thus Hardly typical Scottish
II IIldHslOH, HAVING peen Dullt IN the Gre
ii clan style at time when the classic
taste was supreme
Its predecessor, tho castle. was the
seat first of the Grahams. and then OF
the Dauglasses from the fourteenth CEN
Etury TN 1912, when The ninth Earl OF
Morton sold It 70 the second Duke OF
Buccench.
K The forthcoming visit OF their Males
les win not be the first time that Dali
keith Castle and palace have sheltered
crowned heads, for It has been visited
( by James Nv, James VI. Charles
Prince Charles Edward. George NJ and
Queer Victoria
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