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  2. THE BACCARAT CASE.

    In the winter of 1890 many rumors were current concerning a cause celebre in which the Prince was to fee called as a witness. He had once before been examined in court ...

    Article : 422 words
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  4. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.

    Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie, the daughter of Christian IX., King of Denmark, was born at Copenhagen on December 1, 1844, and is now accordingly in her 66th year. ...

    Article : 963 words
  5. EARLIER SAILOR PRINCES.

    The first "Sailor Prince" of English Royalty was Prince Rupert, grandson of James I., who commanded British fleets in the Dutch wars of 1666 and 1673. There was also James, Duke ...

    Article : 261 words
  6. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH.

    Upon the occasion of the proclamation of his succession to the Throne, the King's speech yet again showed that good sense and appreciate of his position in the Constitution which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 387 words
  7. BROADMINDED IN EVERYTHING.

    In 1891 the Prince celebrated his 50th birthday, and it was computed that in his half-century of life he must have been, prayed for aloud in Anglican churches alone at ...

    Article : 330 words
  8. LATER SEA LIFE.

    On May 1, 1883, Prince George was appointed to H.M.S. Canada as a midshipman, and went on service on the North American and West Indian stations. The Marquis of Lorne (now ...

    Article : 186 words
  9. THE KING'S NAVAL TRAINING.

    Of course, the promotion of Prince George in the sea service was rapid. He became a rear-admiral at an age at which many officers would consider themselves extremely lucky if ...

    Article : 457 words
  10. A SPORTSMAN.

    A review of the late King's life would not be complete without a reference to his qualities as a sportsman. Reared in the sphere of an English gentleman, he cultivated and became ...

    Article : 262 words
  11. CHARACTER.

    As to the personality of the King, all who have met him agree that he was of a free and genial disposition, of cheery, good nature, and entirely unaffected by arrogance or any ...

    Article : 267 words
  12. The New Orient Liner.

    The new liner, which is to be built for the Orient Company's Australian mail line, will, it is stated. introduce an innovation, so far as the Australian, shipping trade is concerned, by ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. HIS ACCESSION.

    From his accession to the Throne on January 22, 1901, the King evidenced a desire to occupy his high position with tact, good judgment, and common sense. Whatever may have been ...

    Article : 391 words
  14. THE KING AN ORATOR.

    Those who were privileged to hear King George speak in public during his second visit to Sydney readily conceded that, both in the matter he spoke and the manner in which he ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. THE NEW KING.

    "If he were not a Prince, be would be a great sailor," was Lord Charles Beresford's opinion of the new King; and the opinion of so high a naval expert is worth having. It is certainly ...

    Article : 218 words
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  19. THE BACCHANTE'S CRUISE.

    After they had passed through their training in the Britannia, the two Princes joined the Bacchante, which was commissioned on July 15, 1879, by Captain (afterwards Admiral) Lord ...

    Article : 445 words
  20. KING GEORGE'S FAMILY.

    Kins George married at the Chapel Royal, St James', London, July 6, 1893, his cousin, the Princess Victoria Mary" of Teck, and has issue six children, viz., Prince Edward Albert, born ...

    Article : 138 words
  21. INTEREST IN THE COLONIES.

    The King's action in deciding that the voyage of the, then Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Australia and other dependencies of the should be carried out as previously ...

    Article : 168 words
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