The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-30

I ~ SSAg present generation of Eng.
lsh and Americans who 90 not
happen to be comprised in the reIa.
lively narrow circle OF the friends and
acaua'ntances OF the German ,yIdo.
OIL the late Duke OF Albany younpes,
son OF Queen Victoria. Therefor ,h1
news that this singularly beautiful
royal residence, with Its magnitlcen,
ana extensive gardens has been given
up by the duchess and Is being com.
Pietely overhauled redecoratcd. re-
auritished, etc, to serve as suburban
lcd,. tor the young Prince OF Waiea
@SS,otnlng 70 some, and for 1uean 49,
andra according to otbcrg s 80 .lie&,
w. reeaii the fact tina Ii was oTifyihaiis
c"iIcH py the great Lord f,Iiye ~
,o !,I, OF the British empire IN tnSta
~ H. , tnS victor of the battle of Plasay'
I'M, - ~ Tor himself alter hfs re-
eHlh 10 England, at q cost of 81 of,d
wv and Ids armg sim apnear ~, ,ta
psuinent of the Corinthian coli,rnr
Nhlei constitute a feature az tbc
iagaue Of the palace
~ was purchased by tho nation Al
1ilin OF the marriage OF prfr,rarq
charlotte OF Wales. only child ~
george ~, on the occasion az ber
~ ~ lIldSr 10 Leopold Prince of Save.
I,,q}bufs Gotha, and afterwards tirs+
80, 80 ~ the Beigians. and was the
,aIttttp OF her BRIEF and happy n1arrIed
ne and of her untimely death. con-
sequehi upon childbirth, and which
igd 70 the suicide Of her nrfncin.i
musician, Sir Richard Croft.
Sueeu victoria went there for her
~ l-,Iit.,'A moon, ana spent much time at
Siaremont during the, early yasrs of
nef marriage, retiring thithor Win
her husband and her children when
sre, ti NY Ieit desire to get away
III, ,iras Tue great pomp, ceremony ana
1850 siltspIle etiquette Of life ut Windsor
laatie Their Use of C!aremont for this
puFpose was brought to a close by n
lefrlnie tragedy. a Mrs. Brooks who
Aad been King Edwards nurse had
gotten employment for her husband AS
gardener in the Claremont gardens. and
occupied a lodge in the park, where
she was visited almost daily BY the
royal children, who found in her own
youngsters Won congenial playmates; There
n ,, one. OF her boys and the then
Bfihcs Of Wales, the two being about
We same age One morning, without
INC silghtcst previous warning of
any mental alteration on her part, IT
was round that she had cut the throats
OF her husband and Of her four chill
drcn while they lay asloep, and COM
PietalY den!ented, she spent the re-
manning years OF her long life In the
Sreat asylum for the criminal insane
at Broadmoor.
The shock OF this tragedy robbed
Queen Victoria and the prince con-
sort of ali further liking for Clare
mont, and It remained untenanted
her, at the disposal Of the fugitive
and eHiled King Louis Philippe and
Queen Marie Amelie, of France, both
OF whom died there,
IT'S next occupants were Queen Vic
toria's younger son. Prince Leopold,
Duke of a lbanN. and his German Wi1p.
n sister Of the Queen Mother OF iIol-
land But it Wns Invested OF much OF
It's convenience, owing to the fact that
Queen Victoria insisted on licking up
iicr deeply lainented husband, and
keeping them undisturbed, AS the
prince consort had occupied u number
Of the best rooms in the place, this
was very unpleasant. Other rooms
We're in the same way kept sacred to
the memory Of Princess Charlotte of
Wales. and 10 King Leopold; and
others, again, to the late Duke OF
Albany, after his sudden death at
Cannes. Indeed, the widowed Duchess
of Albany has been restricted in this
fashion to less than half of the palace.
and the least desirable moiety at that,
Now all the locked'ro are being
opened, emptied, redecorated and re-
since King George cannot
be expected to entertain the same
Of alteration for grand
father who died before his birth as
Queen Victoria did for singulariy
to this Claremo.h, the only royal
palace In surrey, near Esher, Is about
to be restored to It's old time and long
departed gloriea
Much sympathy has been manifested ed
on both sides Of the Atlantic for the
born Lady lFermor Flesketh
whose second son, Frederick holding