The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-07-01
POSITION OF QUEEN.
uNIaUE PHASE OF THE DUTIES
OF ALEXANDRA or ENGLAND.
Tor Certain Business Reasons Her
g Royal Highness Assumes 70 Be
Uzmarried-Contro Her
own Affairs.


Great interest was aroused recently /
BY the circumstances that in grave
national crisis, when the king was FOR |
the moment inaccessible, the ministas
of state were summoned to the pres |
ence of Queen Alexandra for oonsulta-
ton, With. as was generally under
stood. most satisfactory results, says
Tit-Bits. This was quite . new de-
parture for the present reign. OF
course, Queen Victoaia played this SOW
ereign part constantly, but her late
majesty was the head Of the state and
| it was the proper course for her to
/ pursue.
Except when considered as part of
the king and sovereign. Queen Alex
| andra is not the head Of the state.
She enjoys . position OF her own
which is unique. While 1t differs from
that of any other woman, married or
i single or OF any rank, IN sUme mate
3 rial ways ii is also different from THAI
OF previous queen consorts. One OF
the most curious and Interesting pro-
visions in the law and customs OF the
4 state is that the queen is for private
business purposes not regarded as .
married woman at all. She is the only
woman in Great Britain who does not
come within the scope Of the married
woman's property act.
The principle of the law Is that the
king is entirely different from all 9TH
er married men and that his time IL
too fully taken up with the affairs Of
state for him to have any left to de-
vote to domestic matters, and that.
therefore, the whole management of
the queens private business matters
must devolve upon her majesty singly
md that no responsibility whatever in
3 respect to them rests upon the king.
Therefore, If such a thing could be
imagined as the queen contracting
debts in her husbands name the king
would not be responsible for them, as
any other husband would be unless he
had given due notice to tradesmen and
all others concerned that he would fol
the future decline to settle all such ac
a counts. II the king contracted debts
the law which says that his majesty
can do no wrong. would prevent any
hody from suing him for recovery OF
he amount due, but no such protec.
ton is granted TO the queen. who could
be proceeded against in the ordinary
manner. She has her own attorney
-eceral and solicitor general to repre-
sent her in all legal matters-theugh
IF course except fer ordinary private
purposes. their ser-:ees are scarcely
4ver needed
While tbs ccrstiiutiCr is glad t.
recognize the G,sean a. Part Of thu
-secarchy. II csr9 !cse SIGHT of tn;
sact that after all her position is lin
tied to that of queen ccssort, ard tina
therefore she is in large se2se on,
of his majesty's suhieees and IN Ger
sain cases. which there 5 TO hsiular
~ossitility C occurring il these times
he would he treated 5 a subject
st in other respects sha Is sro~-def
~irileges h the 49, VII -,
-iyen to no other oxocst ~,
King. Particularly taere is nc ques
len CT ki-h treason
L is generally understood THAI y.
i"g is the only rersor whom Il is
4igh treason to plct against. tat /
-cgld be high treason clso 70 rlo
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nature "I-dward I: - $ attached X
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: to demand It. TT IL no circt4,
- 90 WI te-fT wcl:ti s':a corresnond
ing GO "s'exana.a Eogira" = =
lowed to be sttached, ether in con
.r@etion : III shat OF Eis ~sefsS'y ol
without if.
II il should happen that The .peer
shcald sHrei e the i-ipg. msa-- = ~
privileges which shs at nress.t ~
Tesses vso~ld be wishdrawr frpn her
onlr Gomia2ily in sc;ae cases, Int ac
+ua'ly IN ~ ers. While constitution: II
;av previfes that some curious rest:s :,
+s1rs ~tati > plscsa upon Ger 4
would h II longer high treaspn Il
pIot az iast her. ard it IS held BY al
east G. .t,ish aathov'tv that she could
not marry Tail IL she wished TO dc
so without the snecial license and per
mission Of Inc kegs successor