Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-12-11
E:NGLAND'S KING IS
RULED BY ENGLAND'S
QUEEN, SAYS RUMOR
She Makes of Her Husband conso,t
Rather Than King. Except When
'ncensed Statesmen Reg
ister Protest.

i1mlon s,aeci;ii. Nh Anglo Apepi-
Fan woman. whose wit and savol faire
made hei n -reat favorite with the
late king of England. is credited with
mot which is now going the rounds
of London society
We had the court Of Queen Vic
toria." she said. then the court OF
King Edward, and now we have the
court OF Queen Mary"
Those members OF society who fail
to see the point OF the ioke--report has
it that there are some-have it pointed
out to them that King George occupies
much the same position in the royal
menage as did that of the poor Prince
Gonsort WHO could not have a dish he
liked put In the menu without first
consulting Queen Victoria.
While som" allowance must be made
for exaggeration in this statement. it is
a fact tina, King Georges reliance on
his Wife has been carried tn a degree
OF self effacement which strikes all
members OF The court circle. Promi-
nent and responsible members of the
royal establishment are all NOM so fla
niil,.tr With the reply. II think YOU had
better consult tho queen" when they
seek King Georges directions about
any matter in connection With the
management of the household that they
frequently q, so wi.hout consulting his
majesty at all. II saves time.
The lists of persons TO be asked to
the court functions and entertainments
for tic first two Years OF the kings
reign were tlwavs made out by Lord
.s'tamforii,am and sent by him to the
lord chamberlain's office. whence the
invitations were sent out. Now the in
vitsttion lists are made out by Lady
BERTHA Dawkins and Lady Eva Dug
dale al the queens direction. and sent
80 the lord cham,erlains office without
~ h..in @ tT N.N.
nave actually occurred of names being
sent to The lord chambcrlan's Office by
Lord StaInfordham of persons whom
the king desired to have asked to a
court function Who nevertheless We're
not invited
No Voice as TO Children.
The predominating Influence in the
bringing up of the royal children has.
OF course been that OF their mother,
whose decision in all matters is simply
echoed by their father Ii was Queen
Mary who decided that the Prince Of
Wales should so to oxford: it was
the queen who selected the Ceilings
bert should make his debut as mid
d.: ii Was her majesty who sent
Prince Henry to Elton and Prince
George TO st. Peters court. Broad
stairs.
King George Is apparently quite un-
of the royal encourage called him. one
of the most hcnpecked men in his
kingdom.
Anyway. If his majesty is aware OF
it ne accepts the fact with compliment
Indifference and possibly rather con-
graduated himself that 80 far as the
conduct of affairs at court is con-
cerned, his consort relieves him Of the
performance of duties in which he does
not take the least interest.
However, If George is willing to let
the queen be king. there are those
about him who are not at all disposed
to do So and OF late his majesty has
received one or two pointed reminders
of this fact. For example, during the
last few months the queen was pres
-nt at official interviews between King
George and some of his cabinet. These
interviews take place in the kings
writing room in his personal apart
| ment. which Queen Mary, also of late
| has taken to use as a writing room, with
| the result that she has sometimes been
! in the room on the arrival of minis
ter and remained there during the in
| terview. AT last representations were
made by Premier SOUTH to Lord STAN
! fordham that some of his colleagues
| objected to the presence of the queen
during their interviews on state af-
| fairs with the sovereign, and Lore
Stamfordham. wins by no means APP.
proves Of the authority Queen Mary
exercises in the royal household. read