The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-23
M ~ MARau1sE DIE FoNTENOY.

UEEN ALEXANDRA'S decision 10
~ attend the coronation OF her
son and daughter-in-law, ~ ~
Westminster Abbey, on June =
neAI, has created a great deal OF uis
cussiou. in consequence or the l hch ~.
any English precedent Cuflousiy
enough, the English newspapers SHY
an extraordinary amount OF isnotanee .
about this matter, and, insisting tla'
the only Instance of an English Queen
at any rate since PIantasenet times
surviving the coronation OF her son,
was Queen Henrietta, mother OF
Charles IL, enormously assume that
she was present at his coronation. y
Now the most elementary knowledge
OF English history is shtncient ~
show that Queen Henrietta was IN
coronation, which took place with iauGtl
i'pomp and ceremony on st. Georges
Day, April g. 1861. the ceremony peins
performed by Archbishop Ju%on, @ao
fold and received his last instructiohs.
But history also records that queer,
IIenrtetta, who mourned her ill-tateu
husband deeply, found life In Eng iailu
so unsupportable after her son reslo .e-
alton, everything contributing TO re
mind her of the tragedy which mad
robbed her of her consort,. that AFTER
bidding farewell on New Years Day,
1861, 10 all those who wished TO TAXI
leave of her at Hampton Court Palace
with her daughter, Princess Henrletta,
for France. where the marriage oil ths
Princess to the Duke OF orleans too .s
place in April, at Paris. at the Paiais
ROYAL Immediately afterwards queen
Henrietta retired to her favorite cha-
| teau of Colombo, few miles from ON
| Paris. where she remained until the
end OF 1862, when she paid a nr l1is
| visit to her son, Charles H., ana 20 ~! NO
newly married wife, Catherine of Bra :
ganza, at Greenwich Palace, alter
wards returning again to her chate q
of Colombo, where she died IN ioos'
deeply mourned, not only In Englahta,
as the widow OF Charles l., out also is IA y,
| that most popular of French KINGS.
Henry ". 1t is therefore manifest
that she was not present at the cpi
| onation of her son, Charles IL, being
| in France at the time.
! George ILLS mother survived me
coronation of her son by nearly Twelve J, :
| years, and, extremely ambitious ahu
J fond of power, contributed In no sinai
| degree to impair the success o. .n w
| first decade of his reign, being indee
largely responsible for the loss OF the
American colonies, now comprised ~
| the United States. But she was ~ ~
a Queen, being merely the wiuow -
Frederick, Prince OF Wales ana tnere.
her son cannot be regarded IN any Way VA;
as constituting precedent lor tH ~.
of Queen Alexandra at the coronatlol
| of George v. Indeed, there Is 70 VI.
Lin England at any rate. For lh [t
I widow OF William ~, was merely tn lt
Haunt OF Queen Victoria, and althousr
lin England at the time. never emergee
from her deep retirement. irGm ''i'
| The only instance that i can reeal
of the widowed consort of sovereign
taking prominent part IN the corona
I ton Of her son is that OF the preseh
Gear of Russia. who. when crowned ga
ly In advance or between his mother
4 and his wife. his mother beins
at at his right hand and his wife at hi
left. This was. however. at the as
1 sire Of the young Empress.
In Germany the Empress f'reder!ci
survived the present Kaiser's accession
to the throne. But inasmuch as ne 10
never been crowned, either as Germ;1
Emperor or as King Or fIus ss'ia, :, =. -
at or absence from his coronation,
King Alfonso of Spain, king Vlcto
Emmanuel of Italy, King Albert !. :, Q
Belgium. King Gustav OF SW wee S,a him
lick Augustus Of saxony and King WI
liam of Wurtemberg have never pes
crowned. And the Kings OF Bulgarl
/ and of Montenegro nave nKeWlse - Is
trained from any such ceremony VIII u
King OF Norway, his father, the sing 9
Denmark, and mis- mother by birth
away. for fear Of still further intelsl
flying the animosity of Sweden asalns
IDepmarl, for having played any PAL
Y in the secession Of Norway from o"e
/. den ~,
. Ii remains to be seen whether tn
Q laws of English etiquette, some
: which are statutory, and others !:
which. though unWritten, have by dil
p OF age and ancient usage BECOME II
j, vested with as much authority as
statutory, will admit OF Queen Ale.
y andra. who retains all her wonderf,
y popularity, enjoying the pas" OF he
: daughter-in-law. at the coronation
y Tune.
Prince Ferdinand de FauciGnl
Lucinge ct Collgny, who has Ju'
been lighting q duel With Anthon
% Stewart of Philadelphia. is
q great great grandson OF Charles
Z OF France, When the latter's so
g 1.-THE Due de Berry, was murdere
by Louvel, at the Paris Opera n Eel
ruary 1890 he contlded,, Just before
il expired, the two daughters borne
= him by his union with Amy Brow
Il an English clergyman's daughter.