Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-03-31
QUEEN ALEXANDRA
WILL NOT ATTEND
SONS CORONATION
Kings Wife and the Old Kings
Widow Are at Swords
Points over Family
Affairs.

London, March 22.-It is common talk
in London drawing rooms these days
that Alexandra, the dowager queen of
VII, will not attend the coronation OF
King George and Queen Mary in June.
Jealousy of Queen Mary is given as tho
reason for Alexandra's decision by her
enemies at court, while the dowager's
adherents. who are quite as numerous
as her opponents, assert that Queen
Mary and George ", influenced by her,
a made Alexandra's position at
court so difficult hat the only dignified
course left her is to remain 1way from
the coronation.
However it may be, it seems fairly
certain that when the peers and peer
esses of England gather in London next
June, wearing crfninc and coronet and
other fashionable things that are thor
oughly uncomfortable for summer
wear, Alexandra will not be there to
see her son and his wife crowned.
WrangIing Over a Funeral.
That there has been friction between
the two queens of England has been an
open secret ever since the death of the
late Edward VII. Queen Alexandra
rode first in the funeral procession Of
her husband. That was pointed to by
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an affront to them. Queen Alexandra's
supporters said ii was only natural that
she, as the chief mourner. should occu-
by the chief place at the funeral of
her husband, and it was only vindict-
iveness on the part Of Queen Mary that
led to n questioning of the dowager's
action.
Queen Alexandra did not move out
of Buckingham palace until some time
after the kings death. Some persons
said then and still say that she ought
to ave moved out before she did. And
the dowager queens friends retort that
she was i'll; that she moved out as soon
as she possibly could, and that her suite
was fairly tumbled out after her, as a
result of Queen Mary's orders. Alex
andra was fairly thrown out, these
court persons say
There are plenty of attaches of the
present court who are noe only loyal to
Queen Alexandra, but who have little
liking for the present rulers, largely be-
cause the present rulers disapprove Of
the late kings set and are doing all
they can III a quiet way TO retire those
attaches into the background. One Of
these d~isgruntled attaches told
thing Of the present "unpleasantness."
That Royal Flag Incident.
when King Edward died it became
necessary for the College of Heralds to
work out a new standard for his widow.
1t is easy enough to understand the
reason for this. With King Edwards
death, the royal standard passed to his
son Queen Alexandra couldn't float
King Georges royal banner of Eng
land. So the College of Heralds gave
her a standard impaling the arms of
England and Denmark-putting the two
flags together, half half.
mo sooner was the banner completed
than Mary decided she must have one,
too. The College of Heralds had to
fake one up, impaling the arms of Eng
land and Teck! Teck! him Of it!
Ridiculous is no name for IT."
These differences, petty as they
seem, are said TO be the chief things
which have led the dowager queen TO
make up her mind not to attend the
coronation. However, being a woman,
as well as an e~x-monarch, she may
change it before June.