The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-19

n Don moi WlllNii 10 h'N t''ht NV
rounds Of London society,
We had Court Of Queen Victor
Ia" she said, then a Court Of King
Edward and now We nave n Court OF
Queen Mary"
Those members of society who fail
to see the. point Of the joke-report
has IL that there are somc-have II
pointel out To them that King George
occupies much the same position In
the ROYAL menage as that OF the
Prince Consort. who could not have 2
dish he liked put i'm the menu without
first consulting his Queenly spouse.
While some allowance must be
made for exaggeration i'm this state
mcnt. Il is a fact that King Georges
reliance on his wife is carried To "A
degree of self -effacement which
strikes all members of the Court cir
Gle. Prominent and responsible MEM
bers Of the royal establishment are
all now so familiar with the reply,
II think you had better consult the
queen" when they seek King Georges
directions about any matter in con-
nection with the management of the
household, that they frequently do so
without consulting his majesty at ali.
Ii saves time.
For example. when the details of
Prince Arthur's wedding were being
settled. all directions We're issued to
the different officials charged with
Ia. ri pra ne M nj
by Mr.. Wellington, who is Queen
Mary's private secretary, and, IN most
instances, the formula adopted AT the
beginning of Mr.. Wall.ngton's letter
was: 1T is the queens desire"
The lists of persons to be asked to
court functions and entertainments for
the first two years Of the kings reign
were always made out by Lord STAN
fordham and sent by him To the Lord
Chamberlain's office, whence the in
vitations were sent out
Now the invitation lists are made
ont by Lady Bertha Dawkins and
LADY Eva DugGale at the queens di-
rection, and sent 10 the Lord Cham
berlain's Office without ever being
shown TO the king.
Cases have actually occurred Of
names being sent to the Lord Cham
berlain by Lord Stamfordham of per-
sons whom the king desired To have
asked to a court function who, never
theless, were not invited For ex-
ample, the names of Lord and Lady
Castereagh were omitted from tho
list of invitations issued for the ball
at Buckingham Palace during the
visit Of the French president To Lon
don last June.
The names of Lord and Lady
Castlereagh were actually given %
the Lord Chamberlain by Lord STAN
fordham in the list of persons whom
the king desired To y" asked To the
ball II was probably matter of in
difference To the king whether tn"
Castlerea CHS were invited or not, but
his majesty had promised Sir Charles
Gust, a member Of his household. WHO
is "a friend of Lady Castlercagh, that
they should be invited, and King
George subsequently told Sir Charles
that he was sorry the invitation was
not sent. His ma iesty pleaded as an
excuse that he left the arrangement
Of all these matters in the queens
hands and never interfered with her
decisions.
The predominatinS influence in
bringing up the royal children has. of
course, been that of their mother
simply echoed by the father. 1t was
Queen Mary who decided that the
Prince of Wales should go to oxford.
II was the queen who selected the
Collingwood as the ship on which
Prince Albert should make his debut
as a MILDLY. 1t was her majesty who
sent Prince Henry 10 Elton, and
Prince George to ST Peters Court AT
Broadstairs.
In connection with the sending OF
Prince Henry 10 Elton the following
story shows how completely King
George leaves the management ana
control Of his children's affairs i'm the
hands of Queen Mary. 1t was Prince
Henry, himself, who iirst mootcd the
idea of going to Eton He mentioned
the matter to his father, who rather
of il and said that he would
discuss the matter with the princes
mother The idea, however. was
promptly vetoed by the queen. This
was early i'm the summer. A few
weeks later, however, Queen Mary,
when at Win1sor Castle, went To an
afternoon tea with the Rev. Edward
Lyttleton, the Head Master of Elton.
with whom she discussed the desira
.biliy Of sending the prince to Elton.
and her majesty then decided that the
prince was to go there the next term
King George, who was in London At
the time, went q couple of days later
tosee his son who was then at Broad
stairs, and much 10 his majesty's sur
prise, informed hi mthat he was To go
to Elton the following term. Her ma
jesty had advised her son OF her in
tentions. but had not thought II i'm
mediatcly necessary 10 inform the
king of them.
King George is apparently quite un-
conscious of being what one member
of the royal encourage has called him.
one of the most henpecked men i'm
his kingdom. Anyway. if his majes-
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