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  2. MORAL FORCE OF THE SOVEREIGN.

    The British monarchy has had no revolutionary dangers to encounter in Victoria's time but it has had a much more difficult force, to contend against--that of a steadily. ...

    Article : 481 words
  3. THE GAMING INCIDENT.

    An Incident In tho Prince's life that has been probably more discussed than any other Is the baccarat scandal, which occurred In 1850, owing to the fact that Sir Gordon Gumming, a cavalry ...

    Article : 290 words
  4. A PICTURE FROM LIFE.

    It has been the privilege of few artists to) obtain sittings from her Majesty during her lifetime for portraits, but from an outsider's point of view there is no better means of, ...

    Article : 666 words
  5. SERIOUS WORK.

    The Prince of Wales had on several occasions served on commissions, and had proved himself a useful member of them. He expressed a desire to serve on others, but the Cabinet always felt ...

    Article : 175 words
  6. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND IDIOSYNCRASIES.

    The Prince spoke Gorman a native, French fluently, but with a Gorman accent, and Italian : He also spoke Russian, but not well. The Prince was especially friendly with Mr. Gladstone and ...

    Article : 464 words
  7. AN EFFECTIVE RULER

    Answering the question, "What kind of at Sovereign is Queen Victoria?" Mr. W. T. Stead wrote in "The Cosmopolitan" of June last, as follows: ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,109 words
  8. MARRIAGE AND DOMESTIC LIFE.

    It has always been understood that the marriage of the Prince with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark was purely a love match. The first Informal meeting between the Prince and. ...

    Article : 528 words
  9. THE SUCCESSION.

    With the passage of the last breath of his venerated mother, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, would, according to the British Constitution, have come Into his Kingship. Probably ...

    Article : 524 words
  10. THE NEW RULER

    The now King was horn at Buckingham Palace ; on November 9th, 1841. Owing to the extraordinarily long reign of Queen Victoria the life of his Majesty up to the present has been ...

    Article : 344 words
  11. HER PRIVATE LIFE.

    All the attributes that made the Queen beloved at home and revered abroad can be summed up in one phrase--she was a good woman. But royalty does not constitute faultlessness ...

    Article : 1,108 words
  12. IMPERIAL AND SOCIAL DUTIES.

    The Prince now devoted himself to playing the show part in such public functions as It was deemed necessary that the Heir-apparent. should attend. He also travelled a good deal ...

    Article : 611 words
  13. THE PRINCEDOM OF WALES.

    With the accession of Albert Edward, the, Duke of York fulls Into the position of Heir apparent, but it does not necessarily fo hat he will be designated Prince of Wales. ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. WHERE THE QUEEN DIED.

    Osborne House, In the Isle of Wight where the last hours of the Queen were spent, was her Majesty marine summer residence. In a sense It was her home more than either of the other ...

    Article : 1,790 words
  15. EARLY YEARS.

    From the moment of his 'birth, the Prince became entitled to the revenues of the Delectable Duchy, of which the rentals and royalties amount to over £60,000 a year. Other titles he held werok ...

    Article : 1,175 words
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