El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-15

need to correspond with his majesty
who are aware of the right procedure
usually write to the kings secFetar!
or a member of the household, asking
that the matter in question should be
placed before the king, but petitions
for the exercise of the prerogative in
any form on matters of state are re-
quired to be submitted through the
home office.
The king does not accept invitations
and a visit of any form is not pre-
ceded thereby, but his intimation
that he will pay it. In other words. he
! always invites himself, and in matters
| Of social intercourse the same etiquet
extends to other members of the royal
family, The queen never accompanies
her husband to the stablishment of a
/ bachelor.
If the king proposes to visit any
| house, list of the proposed guests
! has to be submitted to him beforehand,
and this list the king revises, shrinking
! out and adding names at his pleasure.
| There are a number of little details Of
| etiauet which are observed. the most
noticeable of which is that finger
glasses are never placed upon the table
If member Of the royal family is
present The reason for this goes back
to Jacobite days, when the toast Of the
king was converted into treason by the
passing of the glass "over the water"
Never Takes Presents
The king never accepts a present
from private person, except of
course, his own relatives. and never
permits the dedication of a book to
himself If there is the smallest Iikeli-
hood of the exploitation of this dedi-
cation for commercial purposes. The
rule however, is relaxed to the ex-
tent Of the frequent acceptance Of
copies of books from the authors, but
in such cases the book is required to
he bound according to a specified pat
tern.
Whether it was established etiquet
or only personal inclination, it is diff
ficult definitely to state, but at the
time Of his accession king Edward re-
signed his membership of all the clubs
to which he belonged, and he was a
member or a number. He still, how
ever, retained his veto with regard
TO the Marlborough club. which he
had founded and by virtue of which
he could veto any election, while any
person nominated by him became a
member without election
The only clubs to which king
George belonged were the United Ser
vice and the Marlborough King Ed
ward resigned all his offices as Free
Mason on his accession but king
George has never been initiated The
long-continued association Of the roy
al family with Free Masonry began
as safeguard against a very real
danger OF the capture of the lodges
by the Jacobite party.
Settles All Marriages.
NO one proposes for the hand Of a
royal princess in marriage. The SOW
ereign intimates first that such 2
match would be permitted. and no
member Of the English royal family
can marry without the consent of the
KING II over the age of 25 thew NAV
marry without the royal sanction by
giving Il months notice to the privv
council, unless during that time the
TWO houses Of parliament have ex-
pressed disapproval.
me queen consort. although a sub
!eeC mas always had a unique position |
IN thes eyes of the law as she has al !
ways been regarded as free from the |
disabilities of a married woman and |
IN all matters of property. contract /
and procedure she ranks as feurna !
sole '-'i'io
The use of the royal we" though |
sun preserved in formal documents Of /
any Kind, like the old-time touching /
Tor the kings evil is gradually lap |
sing INTO disuse. king Edward having |
Followed the example of queen Vic
toria in his three messages. ITO nv /
people. TO my people beyond the I
seas, and ITO the princes and people
OF Indla' dated February 4. 1901.
which was written in the first person
singular
The king has no surname. and
though undoubtedly he is a peer-the
Ilrst among his peers-as sovereign
ne never now sits in the house of |
peers. but the cap of maintenance is
stlll carried before him in his pal
ace of Westminster-and nowhere else
as sign Of his right of peerage.
Inc kings motor cars carry no num-
'er and his chauffeurs are not amen
ABLE for. exceeding the speed limit.
me king cannot bind his successors
II the exercise of the royal preroga-
I'VE for the simple reason that there
S no way Of enforcing the obligation.
hastnuch as the king cannot be sued
n his own courts