Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-25
COURTTNC WAYS OF ROYALTY
Romance Rarely Lends Its Charm to Royal
Matchmaking.
UNIONS USUALLY ARRANGED BY RELATIVES
Princesses Led 10 the Altar without
Much Advance CeremDny-SOme
Famous Matches and How
They Were Made.

immediate departure. but pleaded for the
respite OF a week, in order to take leave Of
everybody. During this time she ran about
visiting the poor and the little garden of
medical herbs, fruits and flowers which she
cultivated herself for tine benefit Of the
poor. She afterwards introduced the same
practice at Kew and Richmond.
The poor little bride suffered a terrible
crossing TO Harwich, the royal yacht being
nearly driven on the coast OF Norway.
The duchesses Of Ancaster and Hamilton,
sent to conduct the princess TO England,
were both much iudisposed, but Charlotte
herself remained quite we'll and cheered
the company by singing Luther's hymns
10 her harpslchord in her cabin with the
door open. Perhaps she remembered the
saying attributed to Henrietta Maria, the
wife Of Charles l.. who was also nearly
wrecked on her crossing. Les reines ne Sc
noient pas"
No Tint Lost.
Arriving in London at about o'clock,
having Travelled since - she was met by
the king in the garden Of st. James pal
ace. Attempting to kneel, she was caught
The romantic woong Of the king Of Spain
reminds one how rarely the element Of ro-
nance has been associated with royal mar
ragcs.
What could have been more brutally In
considerable than the arrangements for the
marriage Of Queen Charlotte, wife Of King
George III? This princess. just II, was So
lected as consort for the king of England.
Her life at Mecklenburg had hitherto been
OF the simplest She dressed zen robe de
chambre" every day except Sunday, when
she put on her bost gown and drove out in
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demand her hand having arrived, she was
told nothing Of his mission; merely that
she was to dine downstairs that night for
tho first time.
Mind what you say, 'et ne faites pas
renfant'" was the warning 9: her eldest
brother. After dinner at which she was
naturally very shy. she beheld the saloon
illuminated. a table and two cushions pre-
pared for a wedding, her brother again
saying "Allons, ne faites pas renrant, tn
vas etre refine d'Angleterre' led her in.
Some kind Of ceremony then took place;
she was embraced by her family, and pre-
scented by the ambassador with a beautiful
parure OF diamonds. including the little
crown OF diamonds which so often appears
in her portraits. She was pressed for An
by the enthusiastic monarch who em-
braced her kindly and nearly carried her
up stairs. That very evening the wedding
ceremony took place. Horace Walpole
writes Of the new queen she looks very
sensible cheerful and Is remarkably gem
teel' (that favorite epithet OF the period).
Her tiara OF diamonds was very pretty.
her stomacher sumptuous, her violet velvet
mantle and ermlne heavy that her
clothes were dragged almost down to her
waist The wedding over and supper not
heing ready. the queen sat down and
oblginRly played and sang to her harpsi-
chord. The royal party never separated till
between and in the morning. no slight
trial for a bride of II who :ad employed
the few moments she passed in her room
after her arrival In trying on her wedding
gown and the rest OF her trousseau.
When FIRST she caught sight of the palace
she became very nervous and, being told
that she was to be married that evening
she, in fact tainted in the carriage. The
duchess of Hamilton, one of the beautiful
Miss Cummings. smiling at her fears, Char.
lotte said: you may laugh-you have beer
married twice-but to me II is no Joke
II is. pleasant to think that after being
so highly tried Charlotte's married life
proved perfectly happy.
Little Romance Here.
Very different was the arrival of Cath.
crime OF Braganza, who, when hrst seer
by Charles IT, was laid up with a cough
and a little fever in bed. He was not "a
vorably impressed by his new consort, and
remarked as much to his attendants
Elizabeth Farnese who married the kina
OF Spain, son of Louis XIV OF France, al
his second wife, celebrated her arrival ir
Spain by quarreling with and summarilJ
Diminishing the lady in waiting sent to re-
ceive her. the famous Princesse des Ursins
who had ruled the late queen, and by
whom she herself had been chosen as sue