Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-11
SIGHTS AVENGED
BY QUEEN MARY
Banishment of Edwards
Friends Singing Blow
to Mother-in-LaW.

This is the ninth Of a series Of is arti-
| Of the Queen OF England. The author of
| the biography, who wishes to, appear
sition to write with authority of the
royal family of England.
BY w. T. MARSDON.
AS soon as King George had settled
at Buckingham Palace and the period
OF court mourning had expired, Queen
Mary was in position to take deter
mined stand with those relatives of her
husband who for years had pstronized
her and made so little of the Teck
| family.
First she went through the visiting
lists at Buckingham Palace and struck
out the names of certain particular
! friends of the late King and Queen
| Alexandra. One was that of Sir Ernest
CaSSell, executor of King Edwards will.
None of those struck off the invita-
ton lists ever saw the inside of Buck
ingham Palace again. Max Beerbohm
drew cartoon. entitled 1.-The Discon-
solates," depicting the best known of
those struck off the list walking in sad
and solemn procession away from Buck
ingham Palace"
Singing Blow at MOther-in-Law.
Queen Mary could not have inflicted
more singing blow on the pride of
her mother-in-law than by thus ban
iShing from the court the particular
friends of herself and of the late King.
In TINS matter queen Mary was almost
merciless.
Queen Alexandra, after King Ed
wards death, became officially styled
1.-The Queen Mother" She hated the
title and never would use it. But in
the court circulars. whenever Queen
Alexandra was mentioned, she was de-
scribed as the Queen Mother
Certain members of King Edwards
household remained as members of the
new royal household, but any of those
who had been on especially friendly
terms with the late King or Queen
chill of Queen Mary's disfavor. Their
position became impossible and they
were compelled to resign, though by
doing so they lost their pensions, for
only those dismissed from the new royal
household were pensioned.
King Merely an OnlOOker.
All this Queen Mary did on her own
initiative. King George simply looked
on. He could have interfered. but he
did not. This was partly because in his
uSdIt, no OOuUI, he 16IC HIS WlI6 I1aQ
suffered a good deal at the hands of his
mother and sisters, and also because
King George did not care to attempt
to oppose his will against that of his
wife when she was strongly bent upon
anything.
queen Mary never had an open rup-
ture with her mother-in-law. Indeed.
in her actual presence, Queen Mary
was as dutiful to Queen Alexandra after
King Edwards death as she had been
In his life.
The only one of her royal relatives
by marriage with whom Queen Mary
was on almost openly bad terms was
King Georges sister, the Queen Of
Norway.
There is a story that when Queen
Mary became engaged to King George
the Queen OF Norway said to her one
afternoon: you are marrying my
brother because you want to be Queen"
Stunned Palace.
For some time afterward they rarely
spoke to each other.
The Queen Of Norway in King Ed |
wards reign used to visit her parents |
at Buckingham Palace every Christmas. |
After King Edward died, though she |
continued to come to England regu- |
larly as Queen Alexandra'S guest, she |
never entered Buckingham Palace.
A friend Of both the Queen Of Nor |
way and Queen Mary-a retired admiral |
once told Queen Mary that the Queen !
Way Queen Mary had behaved to some |
Of King Edwards old friends.
Some of King Edwards old friends, |
I am sorry to say, are very vulgar peo- |
pie" remarked Queen Mary.
This remark was repeated to the |
Queen of Norway-Queen Mary, no
doubt, intended that it should - and
this did not help to make the two
Queens any better friends.
For two years after King Edwards
death, Queen Alexandra lived in almost
her time at Sandringham House, left
her for life by King Edward.
Mary Completes Triumph.
Then came happening, not without
its pathetic aspect, which completed
Queen Mary's triumph over the royal
relatives who once had made so little
of her.
Some Of King Edwards old friends
among them were some who had been
cut off the royal invitation lists by
Queen Mary-tried to persuade Queen
Alexandra to come back into the social
world and form court at Marlborough
House that would in brilliancy eclipse
the court Of Buckingham Palace and
recall the days of the famous Marlbor-
ough House set when King Edward was
Prince of Wales.
Queen Alexandra listened to her
friends. Queen Mary saw her mother
in-law and begged her not to be so fool
ish as to attempt to re-enter society or
to try to make Marlborough House a
great social center.
Queen Mary'S advice had only the
effect of confirming Queen Alexandra In
her design, or rather, the design of her
friends.
Receptions Are FiascOs.
Queen Alexandra began by giving two
receptions. King George and queen
Mary were not invited; had they been
they would not have accepted.
The receptions were a f1aSco. Only
the least well accredited friends of the
late King some old friends of Queen
Alexandra and a sprinkling of the for
eign diplomatic corps in London were
present.
The Queen of Norway came rushing
to London and almost dragged her
mother away to Sandringham. Thus
ended the pathetic attempt of the
widow-Queen to set up a rival court.
A month later King George and
Queen Mary wer fholding the first court
of the season 60 Buckingham Palace.
1t was describ& as even eclipsing the
brilliance and splendor Of the courts
of King Edward.
Next: Queen Mary and the Suffra-
gettes.)
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