The Washington herald., 1913-04-13
Court Gossip of Interesting
EpentS on Two Continents

The report that the King of England
had purchased the estate of Ken Hill, in
West Norfolk, near Hunstanton, from
Sir Edward Green, is not confirmed. One
journal intimated that the royal family
Hill House wnen staying in Norfolk. Ken
Hill estate is not for sale, nor is it likely
to come into the market. Under any
circumstances the King would hardly
purchase another considerable property
in Norfolk, where he owns Sandringham.
There is excellent shooting in Ken Hill
and King George. as well as his father.
have been the guests of Sir Edward
Green every winter for their big day in
the preserves.
The historic estate of Nun Appleton.
near York, is to be sold by the trustees
of the late Lord Holden. Nun Appleton
Hall Is a large and picturesque house
and stands in a well wooded deer park
which is bordered by the Wharfe- The
hall for many years was the residence OF
Gen. Lord Fairfax, who built the stately
old house, of which only the north front
remains He kept splendid stud Of
horses at Nun Appleton, which was IA
nous all over England. The estate was
sold by his daughter, the Duchess OF
buckingham, to Alderman Miner, OF
Leeds, whose descendants continued 10 be
the owners until about thirty years
ago.
There isn't a word of truth in the re-
port that Prince Victor Napoleon, who
has blossomed out into full-hedged
pretender to the Bonaparte throne or
France. since his marriage to the mil
lionaire Princess Clementine of Belgium,
is to visit the aged ex-Empress Eugene
at the villa OF Cyrnos &c Mentone, where
she annually spends the winter and early
spring.
The prince is exiled permanently by
the government of the third republic,
and would not risk his future prospects
by venturing Into the lions mouth.
Empress Eugene is not expected to re-
turn to her English home, Marlborough
Hill, until next June. During her So
journ in the French Riviera she is en-
Pertaining a number of Spanish and
French dignitaries, also the Princess
Henry of Battenberg, the mother OF the
Queen Of SPAIN
At the recent royal dinner at the Ger
man Embassy in London, fresh caviar
headed the menu, a delicacy which. very
rarely Is included among present-day
"hors d'oevres," and is to us pretty
much what il was in Hamlets time,
caviar Cor unfamiliar) to the general
But no banqueting table, public or pri-
vate, in Germany, ever is without 1T.
and it enters into the composition of one
of the most delicious of ''bonnes
bouches," which, in spite of its name, is
better known in Germany than in
France. Oysters a la Prince de Gal
les consists of square little bits of toast
spread with a layer of piquant paste, and
then with another layer of caviar. with
a native oyster on the top of this. The
effect is something well worth a trial,
if one gets the chance.
Several London journals. which ought
to know better state that the Nelson
pension of $4,000 year was granted for
a term of three lives only. The pension.
as repeated demands in the House of
Commons for its Communication testify. is
a perpetual one. and the new Earl Mel
son will enjoy it. When 'retrenchment
and reform was a fashionable phrase
II was pointed out that the British ma
ton had spent vast amount of money,
not on the victor of Trafalgar, but on
his more or less distant relatives. Re-
Gently list was compiled, which in
cluded prize money, pensions and grants
of several sorts to wife. sisters. and BROTH
err amounting to nearly E600,000.
The first Lord Nelson, a brother of
the great sailor, was bluff, hearty
clergyman, who at one time had a taste
for the sea. He was entered as a chap