Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-25

defcrring To this weakness wherever IL
was possible to do 50. Thus the queen
mother was given first place i'm all the
professions although by court etiquette
she ought to have followed the cousort
~ the rel gning monarch and no objcc-
ton was made to her acknowledging
the salutes OF the people by bowling re-
pcatcdly although that also was out of
place at a funeral Queen Mary con-
tented herself with seat i'm the sec
ond carriage and was careful to sit
we'll back out Of sight.
In the matter OF Buckingham Palace,
too. the king has been very consider
alto Although Marlborough bousc Is
inConVcnieut for the despatch Of state
business he has continued In residence
there and has left Queen Alexandra In
undisturbed possession Of the royal
palace where she played hostess to the
visiting royalties role that really be
Ionged to her daughter-in-laW. King
George VIII not move into buckingham
Palace until after Queen Alexandra
leaves England for her summer holi-
day in Denmark and the moving day
may be DELAYED for some time after
that by the necessity Of alterations IN
the nurseries although the king viii
probably use the house for ,hc trans
action of business.
No L So fON MS ~ - T.
on one matter. however. King George
has been adamant and that Is with ref
crcnCe TO tho Interference OF his moth-
crs sister. the dpWager empress OF
Russia. I'm his affairs. The dowagor
empress although younger than queen
Alexandra exercises great influence
over her and II Is known that she
and the late King Edward We're any
thing but friends. In fact so marked
was the late kings dislike tn his
sister-in-laVV that he always left Eng
land when she was expected 20 visit II.
George has no more use for his aunt s
managing ways than his father had,
and I am told by a man in his conti-
dcnce that ne iS determined That therc
shall be no such arrangement In Eng
land as has existed In Russia since the
death Of the late car When ne lay
dead the dowaEcv empress is said TO
have taken her son. the present tIar'
by the hand and said to him.
you will always let mo be hrst'
won't YOU" aud the czar Is said to
have promised. At any rate his moth
or ALWAYS has been first in Russia ana
ne and his wife have been mere figure
heads
The nrst clash between George and
his aunt. ! ana Informed by court Of
fetal. came when the king wished 10
consult his mother about some detail
NJ the funeral arrangements. Inc
dnwnrrr omurnss was present and took
4 hand I'm tine discussion putting Tor
ward hor own vicWs ~ what should be
dono and Queen Alexandra seemed as
posed M usual to agree win her.
FINALLY the King intcrposcd.
CT shall be OBLIGED " your majesty
will retire" H. said y wish to tank
TO my mother alone.
UNCLEs TOE THE MARK.
There was another display Of the
kings determination to have his own
Vuy on tho train on which the royal
tartv returned from Windsor after
King Edward funeral a special car
was set aside for the ladies OF the
marty and another for the men. King
George noticed that his uncles, the
kings Of Denmark and Greece, were
missing from the mems car ana made
Inquiries as TO their whereabouts. He
was Informed that the dowagcr em-
press had asked them into the ladies'
car King George az once followed and
asked them e. leave They pleaded that
Queen Alexandra wanted them there,
but the king was obduratc.
Il have made certain arrangements
and viii have them carried out" he
said.
Not n word relating To this incident
has been published here. but IL was told
70 me By a member OF the kings suite