Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-02
Ever Youthful Queen
Making a Lot of Trouble

and the Countess of shaftesbury for
her personal attendants.
Some of the high and mighty Of
hcials about the court have been try
ing TO persuade the queen to have wild
owed peercsses or even the wives Of
minor peers for her personal attendants.
but she has fatty refused 10 do this
declaring that as queen she rs entitled
10 the service 81 the highest In the
land
is ONLY QUEEN CONsoRT
This declaration leads me to another
peculiarly which the queen has devol-
opcd in The last few months No must
be remembered that. although the wife
ol the king the queen has "a quite diff
tcrcnt position from that held by the
| late Queen Victoria. who was the SOW
ereign. Alexandra IS only queen con-
sort ana as such she Is "a subject Of the
king I'm spite Of that she claims soy
ereign rights. and King Edward who
good man, hates anything like fuss. is
disposed 90 grant her an that he can
without attracting too much public no
tice, or running counter TO that mys-
tcric"s owl nnh''lone thi~~ the Brit
ish constitution.
rather amusing example Of Queen
AlcNandras insistence on her own im-
purtauce occurred the day after tho
king lett for Marienhad this year II
mas always boon the custom when tho
sovereign was ,n residence at Bucking-
ham palace % keep what rs known al "a
FUN guard az the Horse Guards in
Whitehall which serves as am entrance
To- the Mall. the great carriage drive
leading 10 the palace. when the sovcr-
,ign is out Of town the "full' guard
has been replaced 10y short" guard
which Is "A little bigger than a corporars
guard.
ON this day Alexandra drove out
through tho Horse Guards. and as she
passed the gate she noticed that there
was only a short guard ou duty. Im-
mcdiatcly she ordered her carriage 10
hc stopped and sent for the officer of
tho "Bmes' who was in command
"Nhy rs there not "a fnl guard 90 she
asked when the officer came rushing
up. wondering what WIS the matter
he explained that the FUN gmrd was
always taken on when the king left
town
"T m loo town. said the queen. "and
Z propose 10 see that I RECEIVE tho ro-
spect that Us nay due. See that the FUN
guard Dos placed ON duty az once and
sure enough that afternoon the fun
guard was ON duty again.
n
Sticking for what she CoucCiNCs arc her
rights s the dying OF the royal stand
ard over Buckingham palace. This nag
is supposed % De flown only WHOM tho
sovereign is bon residence. but the queen
insists ON having 10 when she Us ln town
whether King Edward rs iu London or
not
LORD CHAMBERLAGN OBJECTS.
sha even tried q few months ago 20
hold courts by herself Tho king was
leaving town and she proposed that she
should hold ID court Zoo his absence. a
olur. hg DO known, is one OF the great
receptions whore ladies are presented
io tho sovereign. and to De- presented
af court is "a matter OF course in the
social career of the great lady and the
dearest ambition az the social climber.
Edward was as usual Inclined to lot hiE
| vito have her own way why not '
Doc s4ld ana mo- doubt ho thought ID
would save him a good deal of trouble
| III she did. but the lord chamberlain
WAS adamant AS soon as hc heard
what the queen proposed to DO. ho won't
straight to the king and Informed HIM
| that England wouldn't stand such an
| Inuoyn don
"Why I shouldn't consider that my
| daughter was properly presented at all
| if she were presented only 90 nor mai
] NHNhH N.N HAA'IH aHNH III Na..|INIIN N| NN
! iTeHularly presented is something oven
| moro daWuiug socially than 90 he Ir-
! regularly married. ana Edward bad tu
! tHk" his courage boz hls hands and toIl
/ hIs roufort thot she couldn't have hrr
courts.
HAS HER WAY IN THIS
600 another ltuf matter of etiquette
| Queen Alexandra g1t hHr way Tho
! proper style FOR tha king |u official
! documents ls simply "The King" the
! Idea h.InF that De- Is H1 IIFh above
! rNDN body else tnHt De- needs u0 ad.
! lecfITos. Will. Alexandra Is referred to
! correctly HH "lter majesty the queen DO
/ A little while ago shr demanded that
! nor husband should boz referred t0 as
! 'liis majesty tho king. and Edward.
| who is willing to do anything f0r "a
! quiet lif". consented
| 'lt is not Ht all unnatural tIat The
! queen should hud 10 hard 10 conform to
! the now conditions" said ono of nor
| pariisans boz Che court to me the other
day when boz was Prince of Wales.
! Edward Was something of bohemian.
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