River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-19
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| Teck, or Princess, May as she was
popularity known, who had been chosen
as the future queen of England, and
her marriage to the Duke Of Clarence
was to have occurred in 1892. After
the dukes death Queen Victoria or
dered George to marry the present
queen. In 1893 George did so, when
the period of mourning for the Duke
OF Clarence was ended.
The metamorphosis in the present
kings life was then complete. Remem-
brance of these somewhat unusual
facts of Georges career perhaps aids
| in giving an understanding of the new
| SOY ereign.
It was on June 8, 1866, at Marlbor-
ongh house, London, that George V.
was born. He was the second child
as well as the second son of the late
King Edward and Dowager Queen AL
exandra, then Prince and Princess of
| Wales. The Duke of Clarence was his
elder by seventeen months, and the
| two boys grew up close companions.
The father, with an eye to fitting
them for responsibilities at the head of
a seafaring nation, dedicated them
| both to the navy. They were both en-
tered in the service as cadets in 1877,
when the present king was only
twelve years old. This was exactly
in accordance with the future SOW
ereign's boyish inclinations.
| George and his brother entered the
naval service together and served as
cadets, being treated much the same
as are other embryo officers. George,
however, made regular profession of
the navy, and was gradually promoted
until, within few weeks of his mar
riage, he had reached the rank Of
captain. In this service he took all the
hard knocks to which the sailor must
use himself, and his readiness to do
his share of the rough work won him
the intense admiration of officers and
men alike.
1t was on January IA, 1892, that
George came into the direct line OF
/, succession to the throne, for on that
day his brother, the Duke of Clarence,
died Of Influenza. Up to this time he
had been merely Prince George and,
constitutionally speaking, commoner.
as are all members of the royal family
until admitted to the house OF
lords.
The question then arose as to what
title he should be given. 1t was de
cided that of all royal dukedoms that
| of Duke of York was most fitting fol
an heir apparent, since it dated from
the time of Edward III, and had al
ways been allotted to the second son
of the sovereign until Queen Victoria
broke the custom by creating her sec
ond son Duke of Edinburgh. So Prince
George, as heir apparent, became Duke
of York, Earl OF inverness and Baron
Killarney. On the accession of his
father to the throne in 1901 he became
Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and
York and Duke of Rothesay in Scot
land.
Although the propriety of a wedding
between George and Princess May was
questioned in some quarters, the voice
of the critics was lost in the general
burst of approval from the people
Princess May at that time was ex
trcmely popular, while George himself
was much more popular than he has
been since. The English people wei
coined the idea Of a union between
these two, and the marriage took place
in the royal chapel of st. James on
July 6, 1893, amid general rejoicing in
England and the colonies.
Six children have sprung from this
union. Prince Edward Albert, the eld-
est of the family, was born in 1894. He
is now next in succession to the throne
and will probably be created Prince
of Wales almost Immediately.