Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-12
KING GEORGE WELL GUARDED
Sixty Dollars a Day Paid Out to Stand
Off Enemies.
DETECTIVES ALWAYS CLOSE BY
All Passages OF the Palace TntrolIed
Constantly, ana Even Members
of Encourage DO Not Know
the slcuths.
BY LADY MARY MANwARGNG

BY LADY MARY MANWARlNG.
LONDON. Feb ll.-lSpecial to The Bee)--
II costs $50 day to guard Kng George
from any possible attempt at assassination
and since the recent recrudescence OF mill
tant anarchy I'm London Il is probable that
the additional precautions to preserve his
majestys life will be considerably in
creased
Every dav at 9 o'clock in the morning
two detectives are detailed for the duty
Of watching over the safety Of the person
Of the sovereign for a certain number Of
hours. During the time they are on duty
they must continually be near the king
When his majesty is indoors they remain
In the passage close to the apartment In
which the king may be. When he goes out
driving or riding or to keep any public
or private engagement his maiesty's
guardians always follow their royal charge
at short distance.
Elaborate and careful as the precautions
taken to safeguard the monarch are. they
are carried out so unobtrusively and
secretly that those I'm the royal encourage,
or even the king himself, seldom have the
slightest idea of the whereabouts Of the
detectives.
Only Sees "Chief."
The chief is the only member Of the de-
king comes in contact and It is doubtful
| II his majesty even knows the appearances
Of many of the others
The chief is always kept informed as
far in advance as possible of the kings
movements and lays his plans accordingly.
The two detectives acting as personal
guardians to the sovereign are instructed
by the chief of the kings movements and
directly they leave the palace Rhey follow
the royal carriage The detectives are
always well disguised and their plans for
keeping guard over the sovereign are con-
stantly being changed and altered and are
Of course, kept strictly secret They man
age their business very cleverly. for with
out attracting the least attention they al
ways keep a close watch on the sovereign's
safety from the moment he leaves BuckinE-
ham palace until he returns
The detectives who guard the king at
night go on duty at o'clock in the even
Ing. II the king dimes out one of the
detectives remains on duty in the house
where the king is a guest until his majesty
leaves
This rule was not observed when the late
king used to dine with Lord Knollys in
st. James palace, but on such occasions
there was always detective on duty out
side Lord Knollys' residence
When the king becomes a guest ara
house party a room is provided for the de-
tective staff in the apartments set apart
Tor the reception of the sovereign and his
suite.
PatrOIIinE the Palace.
All the passages at Buckingham palace
are constantly being patroIed by members
OF the detective staff and the personal
apartments are also visited by the detec-
tives from time to time.
Windsor castle is, however. the most elab-
orately guarded royal residence. When the
king is in residence at Windsor there are
usually from twenty 20 twenty-five de-
tectives on duty. Every entrance to the
castle is watched by an armed official and
throughout the long corridors and passages
there are always several detectives on duty
These elaborate precautions are made at
Windsor castle chiefly because it can be
entered more readily than Buckingham pal
ace. There are several secret entrances 70
windsor castle, whereas there are none
to Buckingham palace.
The King In this country goes about more
freely among his subjects than any other
sovereign is able to do, but nevertheless
ms majesty Is at all times very carefully
guarded.
Genesis of Noble Houses.
In view of the possibility that the House
of Lords may in the near future be deluped
with 500 new peers so that the government
program may be put through Parliament
and the cutlery about the degradation OF
Britain's proud peerage, It is interesting
to note the derivation Of some OF our noble
houses.
The dukes Of st. Adams drew their line
from the 'Merrie Monarch. and all his
royal forefathers, II is true; but our peer-
age books would not know them IL sauov
and winsome Nell Gwynn had never ned
died oranges in Drury Lane, and the first
duke was equally kin to sovereign and the
sums.
His grace Of Northumberland is heir on
the distaf side, to all the glories and
splendors Of the Percies. By male de-
scent he is no Percy, but a Smithson,
whose forefathers drove the plough and
tended sheep in the North country.
The duke Of Leeds we owe to the en-
teTprise that drew the footsteps OF ono
Edward Osborne 10 London town from his
paternal cottage in Kent some centuries
ago, and 20 the accident that won him
for bride the helress Of William Hev,itt.
his master, after rescuing her from the
swollen waters OF the Thames.
The maquis of Salisbury Is the latest
OF a long line of distinguished CeciIs.
great statesmen and polished courtiers:
but we should scarcely know him TODAY
II his ancestor, Christopher Gascoigne
had not ventured TO London as a boy and
climbed the civic ladder to its topmost
rung, carrying his moneybags with him.
The marquis Of Bath owes his faniI,
name to remote forefather who kent
the inn at Church Streetton, and thus
Identified himself as John o. IN lime"
Din later days, "Thynne)" and whose an
cestor, seven generations back, was an
under forester In Shropshire And the
marquises Of Ripon owe their fortune 10
a shrewd line Of Robinsons, who for gen
erations served the good people OF York
behind the counter.
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