Evening star., 1926-05-23
R0yALTY'S VISITS
WELCOME TO D. c.
Swedish Princes Coming Re-
calls Many Other Occasions
of High Interest.

When Crown Prince Gustav Adol-
phus and his handsome consort are
welcomed in Washington Thursday
| they will make an important addition
to the list of royal visitors who have
been entertained in the Capital dur
ing the past century or more. They
are likewise the first representatives
Of Swedish royalty who ever came to
the great Republic Of the Western
| World in an official capacity. though
several have visited 1t incognito.
The son and heir of the crown
prince, another Gustav Adolphus.
came to New York two years ago on
a training ship. but. being youth of
tender years and only serving an ap-
premiership in the navy. he did not
! claim any more attention than his fef-
low cadets. Gustav Adolphus, the fu-
ture King of Sweden, is distinguished
| on his own account. and stripped OF
| his royal rank he would have received
, unusual attention because of his sci
entific and military attainments.
He has achieved triumphS in the
field of archaeology and as Il patron
| of art. He won many prizes as an
athlete in his younger days and is
famous in all the Scandinavian coun-
tries as an organizer Of sports. Gus
tav has the blood eff the ancient
Swedish house of Easa. kings before
the Bernadotte dynasty was placed on
the throne by Napoleon |. He is in
his 4oth year and Of unusually hand
some presence.
Princess Cousin Of King.
The Crown Princess. who was Prin-
cess Louise Mountbattan. daughter
nf nd
Admiral Louis of Battenburg. as he
was called then. is the cousin of King
George and a great gra nddaughter of
Queen Victoria. She Is q grandniece
of the former Empress of Russia. and
is related through Danish royalty to
half the crowned heads of Europe.
Her marriage occurred in London
November 3. 1923, and she has proved
a popular successor to the honOrS of
Princess Margaret of Connaught, who
was the first wife of Gustav.
The first wife died in 1920 and left
five children, to whom the present
princess, who was the cousin and
devoted friend of their mother. gives
the most affectionate care. There are
four sons. Of whom Gustav Adolphus.
Duke of FaSterbatten, is in the royal
Swedish navy. He was born April
%. 1908. and is heir presumptive of
the throne. His next brother. Sig
mund Oscar Frederick. Duke OF Up
plad. is just a year younger. He is
in the Swedish Military Academy.
The younger sons, Bertil Gustav
Charles, Duke of Halland. and
Charles Jean Arthur. Duke of Dale
corlie. are Ia and 10. and are being
trained in a military school.
There is a lovely young princess.
Ingred Victoria. who is just II, and
who will spend part of the coming
Summer with her relatives in London,
and will participate in the debut func-
tions for the Spanish Infanta BeatriZ.
AS the Crown Prince and his consort
will spend the next year in foreign
travel, Princess Ingred will be most
of this time with the royal family
in Windsor and at Buckingham
Palace.
Visits of Soyereigns.
OF the three reigning sovereigns
who have been the guests of the Ma
ton. the first was Don Pedro, Emperor
OF Brazil, who came to Washington in
April. 1876, as the guest of President
Grant, whom he accompanied to
Philadelphia to share the honors of
opening the Centennial Exposition
there. About year later King kala-
kaua of Hawaii came here as the
guest of President Grant. The King
and his rather unexpectedly large
retinue were entertained with much
ceremony.
The third royal visitor, bringing us
down to recent times. was King AL
bert of Belgium. who, accompanied by
his Queen, Elizabeth of Bavaria. and
his heir, Prince Leopold Philippe
Charles, came here in the last week of
October. 1919. TO tender personally to
President Wilson his cOuntry's thanks |
for American aid during the war. Due |
to the illness of the President the Gus |
tomary social courtesies of the occa-
sion were performed by the late Vice |
President and Mrs. Marshall. King |
Albert, as the Duke of Flanders, had |
been a visitor here in 1898, |
when he was rendered a banquet at |
the White House by President McKin- |
ley. He came to the United States at |
that time to study American railroads. |
1t is recalled that on the occasion |
of A1bert's first visit here. when all |
the bellies of Washington were eager !
to meet the Belgian Crown Prince, he |
carried at that time picture of Prin- |
cess Elizabeth in a gold lOcket, and |
that he lost no time in displaying 1t |
and telling Of his approaching mar |
riage.
Two Princes of Wales.
Most notable of all the visits of the |
crown heirs of Europe have been |
those Of Edward VII, who, as the |
Prince of Wales, was the White |
House guest in 1860 of President |
and Of his grandson, the |
present Prince of Wales, who was |
among the royal visitors who came |
here In 1919 to express their nations |
gratitude for American aid, in the |
World War.
The Importance attached to the visit |
of the first Prince of Wales is shown !
in it's being the most completely |
chronicled social event in Washington
of that period. The five-day visit of |
his grandson in the Autumn Of 1919
is readily recalled as one of the most
colorful events in the Capitals social
history.
One Of the first scions Of European
royalty to stir Washington society
was the Russian Grand Duke Alexis,
who was entertained by Presi-
dent Grant shortly after the Civil
War. The record also includes the
two visits Of Prince Henry Of Prussia,
brother Of the former kaiser His
first visit was in May, 1882, when as
q cadet on a training ship which STOP
ped at Annapolis, he was received by
President Arthur. He was then pre-
pairing for the naval career which
eliminated in his having supreme
command Of the royal feet during the
World War. Again, in 1908, as the
II a isor,S hrother and repreSentative |