Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-27


very masterful woman, alike in APP
pearance and i'll characteristic is over
six feet in height-had firmly resolved
| in her own mind that Prince Charles
should wed the young Queen OF Hol-
| land. who was disposed to look upon
his suit with a very kindly eye. He
happened however, to fall in love with
| Princess Maud Of England, youngest
| daughter Of King Edward, and who is
| his first cousin. His mother strongly
| opposed the match. Herself the
daughter of Princess Louise of the
Netherlands, through whom she de-
rived that wealth which renders her the
| richest royal lady in Europe, she was
| particularly anxious that her son
Charles should become the consort of
| the Queen of the Netherlands, con-
WINGED that in view of the presence in
| his veins Of blood of the House of
Orange, the Dutch would readily ac-
| cord TO him the title of king, which
| they have refused to the Duke of
Mecklenburg-S chwerin, who is now the
husband of their queen. Owing to the
| displeasure of the Crown Princess the
| position of Prince Charles English
| wife was made 50 diSagreeable at
Copenhagen during the first few years
| of her marriage that she was unable
| to conceal the fact that she found her
| existence there almost intolerable and
| spent 50 much of her time in England
| as to excite public comment and criti-
| cism. This became acute at the time
| when Edward VII succeeded to the
| throne, and the suggestion was made
| that in Wow of the fact that his
youngest daughter, Maud, was in the
| line of succession to the throne, her
| husband should be naturalized as an
| Englishman, give up his Danish ma
| tionality and become an officer on the
| active list of the English navy.
This did not meet with the approval
| of his grandfather, old King Christian
| of Denmark, and the plan was ADAM
doned, the position of the Princess at
| Copenhagen undergoing IL considerable
| Improvement. Moreover the birth of
| u son brought additional happiness to
| the young couple, who are very united
and devoted to one another today, as
| they were at the time of their mar
riage, some nine years ago. The
| Prince is very popular in England and
| Il great faVorite Of the King and Queen,
| who have arranged English homes for
| the young couple at Appleton House,
| on the Sandringham estate, and in st.
james Palace in London. The Prince,
| moreover, has been granted honorary
rank in the British navy.
The Princess goes among her rela-
| tiveS by the name of Harry and,
| chaperoned by her trusted governesS,
| now u wife of a territorial magnate i'll
| the west of England, travelled great
| deal through the United Kingdom and
| on the Continent incognito, mixing
| with people, not as princess. but as
| a young girl Of ordinary station in life,
| few having any idea of her identity.
| Both She and her husband are very
| CHEEKY, fond Of laughter and possessed
| of the most sunny dispositions. They
| will find it, therefore, somewhat diff
cult to accustom themselves to the
rather somber, serious and somewhat
| puritanical tendencies of the Nor
wegians, who are quite opposed to
worldIiness in any shape or form.
That Prince Charles should have
| been chosen king of Norway is a bitter
| disappointment to his French aunt,
Princess Waldemar of Denmark. The
| latter, a daughter of the Due de Char
| tres. who served on McClellan'S staff in
| the Civil War here, and sister of the
late Prince Henry of Orleans, is as
ambitious as she is brilliantly clever,
| and has always humgered for role less
| obscure than the one to which she is
relegated at Copenhagen. How clever
| she is may be gathered from the fact
| that she was the principal author of
| the formerly so Weighty Franco Rus
| sian alliance, managing by her infiu-
ence over her brOther-in-law, the late
| Car Alexander III. to ALLEVIATE him
| from the so-called Three Emperors' Al
| lance, organized by Bismarck. and to
| convert him into the firm ally of
| France. In face, the Princess may be
| said TO have dOWned the great German
Chancellor. On one occasion throne
| seemed within her reach. 1t was at the
| time when the Bulgarians were hunt
| ing for a sovereign after the enforced
| abdiCation of Prince Alexander of Bat
| tenburg. The crown was proffered TO
| her husband. who began by accepting
| it, but who thereupOn was led by the
| eXpoStulationS of his brother-in-laW,
| the late Car, to reconsider his decision
III a manner particularly humiliating to
| the Bulgarians. Princess Waldemar,
| whose sympathy for the navy. in which
her husband holds the rank of admiral,
| has led her to have an anchor tattooed
on the arm, between the elbow and
shoulder, is a wonderful gifted artist
with the brush, is z sculptress, author
| and Wit, and among her great admirers
| is Emperor William. who makes no at
| tempt to conceal his keen enjoyment of
her brilliant conversational powers
| whenever he visits Copenhagen.
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