New Britain herald., 1919-08-12
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s@ Nsw.Y orks.Aug 12.--David Guelph, dsscribed asr healthy, wholesome
 man with light hair, blue eyes and st somewhat plain, good-natured face,' and better knowr~as His Royal High !. ness, the Prince of Wales, is 25 years old, and as heir apparentsof the Brit Ssh. throne, is the eldest f1athe six e1', sslarsR of King aooFss'y \ Queen
 %He was born on JuneyR3, 1894 and, according to his royaIa biographers, received "a careful s2nd common asnse eduCauon, mentally and physi- callX, and has ever shown simplicity : in manner, dress and life.' The prince, whose full name is Edward Albert Christian George Andrew FAt- rick David Guelph (his family's fav- ], orite name for him is 'tDavid"), has -four perhaps, distinguishing charac- teristics. He carries cane, is a splen- did swimmer, and dancer, and is very fond of animals.
 Gratitude to United States.
 The highest dignitary of all the British rulers nearly 10000, 900 sub- jects, a veteran of the Great war-will bear to President Wilson and the peo- pie of the United States the expres- sion of the British Empires apprecia- tion and gratitude for Americas par ticDation in the conflict and her part Tn achieving final victory While in Washington he will be lodged in the White House, just as President and < Mrs. Wilson were made to feel at home last December in Buckingham fpalace."
 |. The princes royal title, briefly, is His Royal Highness, etc, K. G., G. M M. G., C.. M. B. F.. M. C., Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, Prince of s7reat Britain and Ireland, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of . Carrick, Baron of Eenfrew, Lord of the Isles and, Great Steward of Scot land Upon the death of his grand Father, King Edward VII. and the ascension of his father to the throne, ssss David' became the Prince of Wales, Which by the way, carries no pig rev. enues or preroga lives for the holder, who sits in the House of Lords.
 Princes Income.
 A As Duke of Cornwall the princes income is said to approximate $500,- 900 year derived from rent and roy alties in Cornwall coal mines. He owns 12, ,O00 acres of land in the coun- ty Of Cornwall, 5O,O0O in Devonshire and large areas in Somerset and Lon don. He was proclaimed Prince of Wales on June 23, 1910 and invested at Carnarvor Castle, Wales on July 13, 1911. He maintains three resi- dences, York Cottage, Sandrigham; Windsor Castle, Berkshire; and Buck ingham Palace, London. Importuned to join many wealthy clubs, the prince so far has contented himself with membership in the Bachelors and the Royal Automobile.
 The prince was a little more than 20 years old when the war broke out and with his younger brother, Prince Albert, entered the military service. He joined the Grenadier Guards at the beginning of hostilities andN on November 16, 1914, was appointed an aide de-camp on the staff of Field Marshal Sir John French. On sev- eral occasions he showed courage by going incognito into the trenches in Upper Alsace and on his 21st birthday Which he celebrated at the front, narro Nly escaped death by shellfire at 1 Loos. On October F, 1915, shell wrecked the motor car in which he was riding and killed his chauffeur. He escaped injury. Shortly after President Poincare bestowed upon him the Croix de Guerre.
 In March, 1916, the prince went to Egypt as a staff captain to the com mande in- chief of the Mediterranean forces. Meanwhile the prince had helped to raise s2o,OO0,000 in London for the relief of wounded soldiers and sailors, had visited King Victor Elm manuel of Italy and the Italian front l