The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
man WHO ACTS AS
DEPUTY FOR QUEEN
Secretary Attends Functions to
Which Her Majesty Was
Invited.

London.-The deputy queen OF Eng
land is a man! When Queen Alexan-
dra's presence Is required by her sense
Of duty or royal obligations, at more
than one place at a time, her secretary
Mr.. Sidney Greville, represents her.
When the queen attends any function
such as q wedding, baptism, or any pri-
vate reception, by deputy, her hostess
Is notified beforehand that Mr.. Greville
will be present on the queens behalf.
and the time at which he will arrive
Is also stated.
The hostess receiving such an init
nation must exercise a good deal Of
ceremony In receiving her majesty's
representative. In the first place, the
guests must be informed Of the hour at
which Mr.. Greville is to arrive, for 1t
Is contrary to etiquet for a guest to
arrive at any function which the king
or queen attend later than their mates-
ties, and just the same ceremony Is
observed when royalty attend any en-
tertainment or reception by deputy.
The host and hostess must address
Mr.. Greville as Sir" and no one must
speak to him without being first spo-
ken to. No one is, of course, ever in
troduced to the queens representative.
When Mr.. Greville acts as such, he is
attended by the host and hostess while
b. is present, and when he arrives n
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Hard Role to Fill.
When MI. Greville attends a baptism
ON behalf of the queen, he Is always the
bearer of a silver cup as a present to
the infant from her majesty, which he
presents to the host and hostess on his
arrival.
Naturally, a hostess who has hoped
to have the honor Of the queens pres
ence at a reception, may feel somewhat
disappointed when the queen Is I'M
able to be present in person, and she
may find difficulty in according her
maJesty's representative a very enthu-
siastic welcome.
1t Is quite easy to perceive that in
sch a position the queens deputy has
a slngularly difficult part to play, for
= Is part of his duty as the queens
representative to make his hostess feel
that she has been as much honored as
II her majesty had been actually pres
ent.
A story is related Of an American
woman who had seen MI. Greville at a
reception at which he was represent
ing the queen and remarked to him
laughingly when she was introduced TO
him elsewhere. that she would feel
very disappointed indeed If she had to
receive him instead of her majesty.
Imitation Equals Original.
Some time afterward 1t so happened
that the American woman did receive
Mr.. Greville as h queens deputy;
when he was going away his hostess
said to him: "
II know 1t Is very much against ETH
quet to say so. but I must tell you
that I feel really almost as charmed
and honored as IL the queen had been
present"
Mr.. Greville recollected what the lady
had said to him some little time be-
fore, and smilingly agreed to pardon
her breech Of etiquet In making such
an observation to her majesty's repre-
sentative.
Mr.. Greville is one Of the most in
teresting personalities at court: he be-
a life with the intention OF devoting
himself to a political career, and for
some time acted a private secretary
to the late Lord Salisbury. Then he
was offered a position in the royal
household by his majesty, then Prince
OF Wales, n some few years later be-
came private secretary to her ma
jesty.
Mr.. Greville is a born courtier and
possesses great charm OF manner, i'm
mense tact, n a temper that is never
ruffled. AS a dinner conversationalist
he a few equals: 1t has been said of
him that he can always be amusing and
is never unkind. He is extremely pop
ular in the royal household in the di-
rection Of which he has, as her majes-
tvs secretary, considerable influence.
When her majesty travels, all N re-
sponsibility Of making arrangements
for the royal journey devolves upon MI.
Greville, and sometimes the arrange
ments have to be made al very short
notice.
Mr.. Greville does not go very much
into general society: his chief recrea-
tons are the theater, of which he ia
very fond, and travelling.