Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-12
PRINCE Of Wales
FINALLY REACHES.
CANADIAN SHORE.
Lands at Newfoundland Fish,
ing Village From Warship
That Brought Him
Across Atlantic.
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made to feel at home last December
in Buckingham Palace"
Long String of Titles.
The Princes royal title, briefly
is His Royal Highncss etc, K. G.,
G. NJ. M. G., G. M. B. E., NJ. c.,
Prince of Wales and Earl Of Chester
Prince of Great Britain and Ireland
Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay
Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew
Lord of Isles and Great Steward OF
Scotland. Upon the death of his
grandfather, King Edward VII and
the ascension OF his father to the
throne, David" became Prince of
Wales, which by the way, carries
no big revenues or prerogatives for
the holder, who sits in the House
of Lords.
As Duke of Cornwall, the
princes income is said to approx
mate 100000 a year, derived from
rent and royalties in Cornwall coal
mines. He owns 1900 acres of land
in the county of Cornwall, $4,000
in Devonshire and large areas in
Somerset and London. He was
proclaimed Prince of Wales on June
g, 1910, and invested at Carnarvon
Castle, Wales, on July IS, 1911. He
maintains three residences, York
cottage Sandringham, Windsor
castle, Berkshire, and Buckingham
palace, London. Inportuned to join
many wealthy clubs, the prince so
far has contented himself with
membership in the Bachelors and
the Royal Automobile.
Fought in Great War. ..
The prince was 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 hostili-
ties and on November 10, 1914, was
appointed an aide-de-cam on the
staff of Field Marshal Sir John
French. On several occasions he
showed courage by going into the
trenches in Upper Alsace and on
his 2lst birthday, which he cele-
brated at the front, narrowly es-
capped death by shell fire at Loos.
On October u, 1915, she'll
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 staff captain to the com
manderin-ch of the Mediterra-
mean forces. Meanwhile the prince
had helped to raise $20,000,000 in
London for the relief of wounded
soldiers and sailors, had visited King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy and the
Italian front and flown over the
Austrian lines with British pilot.
Alter the armistice was signed the
prince went to Coblenz where he
was the guest of the American COM
mander-n- chief and made a chit"
with the Yankee doughboys. During
the war the prince gained the reputa-
ton for being cool under fire and
this renown was emphasized last
April ! when he "looped the loop"
seven times over London with an
army aviator.
Much Engaged Man.
The possibility of the prince of
Wales being a catch" for some
clever. beautiful or wealthy Amer
lean girl has been discussed in social
circles on this side of the water ever
since it was announced the prince
was coming here. In this connec-
ton it is recalled that his royal high
ness at different periods in his ca
reer, has been variously reported as
to the Grand Duchess Olga
Of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana,
Princess Elizabeth of Rumania,
Princess Yolanda of Italy, Princess
Helena OF Greece and, before the
war, to Victoria Luise, daughter OF
the former emperor of Germany
Denials of all these engagements
were quickly forthcoming. In fact,
it is said, until he reached his ma
Iorlty the prince cared little for girls
and his tutors encouraged him to
forget them in application to his
books. The prince, it has been said.
although never brilliant" student
has always been hard worker. !
When ID years old he served |
aboard the battleship Hindustan as
4 midshipman, having entered the
Royal Naval college at Osborne. Isle
Of Wight, in 1907. Three years later
ne made a cruise around the world.
subsequently he entered Dartmouth
and Magdalen college, Oxford. For
lis services in the war and other
achievements the prince was dec
orated with the Grand Gordon of
he Legion of Honor and the orders
of the Golden Fleece of Spain, Ele-
ohant Of Denmark, St. Olav of Nor
way with chain), Italian Order Of
he Anunziata the Russian Order of
St. George, Military Order of Savoy,
olamese Order of the House of
ohakkri and Roumanian Order of
Michael the Brave.
The Prince came out of the war
with the army rank of major and
1avy rank of lieutenant He is now
~olonel-in-chief of the Cadet Corps
81 Great Britain and Ireland, Chief
2t the Boy Scouts of Wales, High
Steward Of Windsor a eoyernor Of