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,gg aacmNrNd` or 'rnums .im gubyhood and early childhood d Km George-The influence of _'vm victoria on his early life and Ju_H,§5§gtng...How that upbringing ,uf-Qducation differed from that of lhiilather-The Prince and Princess ld mm, and their family life-Days . ' Banriiigliam-Characteristics of da rliild who was to become Kil\S wfgknew stories of his early life-

'n"n‘thbugllts of the sea. . ~ _'if

l Iggrewltli is the first chaptcr in mgfog,-n|,hy of King George V, tn ci the greatest Empire ln

Marlborough House a monii la

lil lm,-,i, hy Major c. _r. 1.. i<ip;lhg~

un l h writer, a cousin of

l i

son. He is very gmail and mg, “ry mm” d H tl , pr¢tLy_ but blue, mm Albert v_cm___ _________ asc P on lo be studied u a

who ia a dear little fellow." _ Tll°1'¢ W8-S A dramatic-_ scene at

‘ te

The Princess of wales wg; with her

It was a miserable cl1ildhood,_boy- l1°°¢l llld ¢lrlY manhood, the worst_

l‘~ training in the world for a pleasure-f

lvvlns. affectionate, not particularly

um little 5°” m "he ‘“”5"l'v When siudious lad Just because lie was

sg; s:_:_/0* smoke con_i_lng up throulh given sc few chances to be naughty,

" “nd fu* *d °"° W* l-HC he snatched every golden opportunity

lelldlhl to call to her husband ln.¢v¢n if it meant severe punishment, l

Rememberinil' this,'tho Prince was

Kreat alarm. -

"E_‘_1w"d~ Edwafdi. W” “W 5110" determined, from the day of hisi

nrei .

eldest-son`s birtll, that his children

The Prince came up from his study shguid bg bmught up very dme.em_|y_ ~,

in all haste. .and himself helped to

iuut they -lhvuld. as lar as it was

tear up the flooring 'and discover the lmwbm for Royal “mms lend 3

cause of the outbleak.-appaicntly smouidcring cinder .which` had set

= ‘ hcrihai healthy childhood. ;

Needless to say that Queen Victoria

_ , on fire the dry boards. The ff i ‘ ,

lm "°_l'y which i5 w appear cxclus' lwas not serious in itself but i-t led innsilxlprmed gf much thu ` _mtl ip the (name of paper), is 1_0 an mm______h___g d_8__o__c________e _“__ ___o_____g__ Housee nulseries _ at Mari- 'lllllfd bl' 'mics as ‘me of the Z “test 'that Marlborough l-louse was not in- . ' l_____mphi_.s of nu\|_;me_ gg is me lsured The Pnnce and P_____ ____ Peihups lt was pal-tly because of: l_ ' A , - C555 W0ll .tl ' ` ilffl lm" “my LH" or ms Maj"s`y lhavc suffered it tcrriblc loss had the |P1°\isndmpm-'oval .that the Prmce and! .iwblism-(1 with permission of thc ‘house bean ____m_ ___ _"___ Dum _ i cess oi Wal.s took their childl'en_ lmnl H,,u_._(._h\»,1¢|_ and at times! ____ h _;_____ __ _ ‘ gr '|lWl\l’ with them as often as possible._ l Whig in an autobiography, so ln- I; C _"_: ° k we ___ “vc h“l"D°“el‘l lf _feeling that "Grandmother" might_

l ~¢ °U *'95 lil l/“ken Pl\°¢ ll try to take command, if they were I

Idmtgly rln»€?S i._ 9 \ _ might _ . _ __ E .1 . b_ d_ R d d K, nn _- - ~ ielt too much alone. _ ill! ¥“.‘"“" “I 'lr lo; yi; it wp The christening of George Freda- ‘ However that may be_ the www! ‘dl“‘.’5"‘ 'M m_“" “H “ as rick Ernest Albert took place at ‘King Geo, , be nn hu ,__ Vela Ml Md ‘hr Fmmm “my through me iWl“Cl5°l‘ Un Jlllif 'llllfwhell the Duke ‘ the maturega/'e if two Yearsa goinlll

. U-_ \.‘._./__ _ _ , | _ vmrfs _ _ _____m or ms Crown and Duchess of Cambridge were god- ,with ms pawn” to vlsn me Duke : illf d"‘“-‘ "m ms . parents. Queen Victoria wrote onceiand Duchess of Sutherland at Dum , ““L“‘ "“ "M" mm .l-‘9'°"°s were iasaln le the Klux of the Belalm- 3 mira castle This hcccssltatcu a' wmmiw ‘mn obllv? Unmecgd-l°'T°`d3y me °h"lS"°“ln¥ °‘ th’ “ewllong drive of. twenty-five miles andl 'l'l“: _l"'\__'h_:"_ _‘_'_‘£Qr§_0g§_:;:d;f ibaby tookplaoe. but quietly and notime Prmce” _,,,.,‘_,, mich nfrmd ‘ mah; l’"°1°“'°' ‘ - lim ¢f°l1fl¢ l=l“l=`» Bllll- ll‘¢== °*l'°° har little so mi ht catch cold nut*

i riiloi- who. lust over a year» i l “ ~3 . ' l

loser ,monies and evcrits are painful to me . me Smal] my appered to enjoy _

'cst war, slrcngthening_

:hip lliwkliigllam Palace foughi¥5 md it-cn -his great battle with Death ' ,nh (ha eyes or the world rivcttczl on

thc snc'i:~clt‘.i

ily Mojo" f`. F. L. Kipling _

_ ('op_vright l830`

Even l-rr. birth cannot be called tile be-giniiing of things for King Grorre.

lt. l\ tml i\l\v:iys remembered tha tile llaiioveriiin Kings were just M. mlirh Bluart as their predecessors, the only dli‘le‘t‘l1rc being that it was tiirougli the fciiialc line. in thc person lil .lainrs l‘s rlauizhter, Elizabeth, ilin iiihwirfi the Eleclor Palatine. - So the R'i_\'ai blood of England still persisted: tliry were, as King George l.~,in'tliat dlrcct line of succession lurk throiich Stuarts and Tudofs ind"Plaiitagc|iets and Normans to

in the extreme, as you know."

l/J an cxtrelne later, which. in Prince Georges earliest memories, must

warning in one of Queen Vicwrla's letters to the tutor of 'thc twenty-

first year of hor breavement. She

house of mourning-a. place where no flippancy or jesting could be tolerated.

Fzberl, Saxon King of Wessex, first Th” dnk cloud had "en hung

iii i._h`f_t~=» fli‘._v-:even aovercigns who huge _t:'~w-niet! the English mon itchy "l'hei't~ can be no pedigree riiproafliinz lo that of King George in; _lciial h and splendor throughcu the wif.-slr nf Europe. ‘ (ind moreover. in spits of inter- mn-rilrgcs. there _can be no pedigree ol its icnztli so essentially English.

'i;'ui. inc uhy child whclay th hls_

rtl\dl» ru .lunc 3rd, 1885. knew noth iilgpf thc<:~ thlnzgs, heard nothing o

over the Prince s wedding day in 1863, for the Queen, attlrad in deepest black even to her gloves, watchedthe

Royal Closet in St.. Georges Chapel at Windsor.

No wonder the Prince and Princess

of Wales determined that the lives of

overshadowed and the Prince, too,

He remembered his own unhappy

ing guns hncuitrig from the Tower ll\fl.ll.\'rlr Park. announcing the l1'»_rih ol a ‘second son to the Prince

I

lirl l’r`.nras< of Wales. - l

Yflroilclr. had waited anxiously round illeint-cs or Marlborough House for lil! lolulfz Prince and Princess were

ucrecliiifily popular. Upstairs, in the; lllllSl'l‘.\'. thc Prince passcdthe wait-|

lu time in phtylhg with Albert lltlvird, nuke nf Clarence. eighteen rontlu older than his new little brother. wlii!.~.t. Queen Victoria, in

liutlitnaliani Palace. as soon as che_

herd tht- hows, began. we are sure iamxke plans for the education and linbringiivg nf the sgfall Prince. ' ' She was nm of the first to call at llarlbornlirli I-louse and on _June i'lth 'lie wrote in the K°ng of time 'Belgian

restricted childhood. cut of! from

according to the disciplinary rules

Stockmar. his tutor.

his responsibility as the father of,a future king-_of England with desper- ate scrioti-nel-1, and he Rnd N10

Prince should be the pattern for all

'delicious

`||ic|(eI|s'

P The beat leaf and the

longest curegive you ¢l'\$°'lliolt‘lSitin¢-and f

You _ask for_l~l 8: N' 'l‘Hv_la`t._ You’ll have the time of

1if0‘f\'}'if'i‘ i0

chew when

flavor out tobacco-

i.l`e‘.i

himself thoroughly. ` curl rcht his;

es fixe on thc "horses the _ whole_

` l . d

Mmoaphre of Desolation

' At three years old. he made hial

t

_Ili was UTM' smnosphere M dzsm' |l'irst continental tour, going with his!

Ia ltd, natuial_cnougii in the cally .pm.en,_" -and his smen mm. um ldayc of her viidowhood. but carried Prznoess R°_“]_ to PHL; md SwCk__

holm. and afterwards to Copenhagen and Cli'arlottenburgh,_ the home o’

;_°;'v°f r°l;m3_":_ mf* g":n‘fm°th:; his grandparents. the King ant’

s a icr ia ed coin t i

L|ii'flucilce dui-in vthe tinpee l!>'et:'ee lqueen or Denmuk' Prom thmcc

‘ 5 ‘ “ .King George returned, with his nurse P"m°_° A“’°"t"’ ‘mth “nd ms °“'“ land two equ'er‘les, whilst his parents | marriage. and it is pitiful to read the .went on to Hmm

"Big_ inquiring eyes

For the Princess of Wales said that

year old P.lnce of Wales. on theiri __ _ __

return from a foreign tour within thc lf); rvrscsakinzwd chrgx ::_:;'!_!:;

chee;ful and merry, and with auch

fsays in this lettei that Bertie must me _nq__mng ey" I thlnk h. is

lemember he is comhlg home to a mm Edw°___d__ . . Y

vcry much .

In these early days Prince George did not see a great deal tof his _Royal |

I . _ and rather awe-inspiring grand _

mother, although _he had one vivid | recollection of t visit when she gave him a biscuit with sugar on top,

l , f in th

t °°'°"‘°“y' h°"°' "“’°°" _'° ° which hc atc bravely, sc as not te;

hurl: her feelings, although it was not 1 a very nice one. 4 There weretwo "homes" for the

future king and his brothers and

me" “°u° my’ ”‘-‘°“1d “°" mlslatcrs in these days. and in the

innin erha Marlborough

-l ber g i>~ vs »

- ' i . Vw” "Sedum umm “newer Dont House was the best-loved. for the

busy streets and tall houses fascin- ated. the tiny boy, and he dearly

I icompnnionship of his own age. with _ t h every h°u___ ,of hu day mapped_nu__ _loved to go _ for dr ves hrough t e

London crowds and practise salut-

ir.g,_iust as his little gi-éhdcluld

l - . ,drawn up by his parents and Baron P__mes.s E__“bc__h_ do” _____day__

When a town house for the Prince

It had all been meant for the,

_ k_ of Wales was needed at the time of

Very best' tm Prince Consort wo his marriage, Queen Victoria chose

Marlborough House, the private pro-| perty of the Royal family. because o its nearncss tothe Palace andl

g ` f . _

iquccn detB`m\ned that the “me the Prince and Princess made lt ai

"home" in the real seiiro of the_

boys, and. later. for_all rulers. _“__ d

In t°r¢er that he xlnfght 'htgvcwyi However busy the Princess mightl

°pp°"'un'y for mug” ness e be in her public liic, she alwaysi never alone, never unaccompanied bylmmaged tn _spare uma for hart

by ww” and M'tendan`s' He W.: Ichiidren,-to read to them and to*

*f amwed my! mn: 011 an tmétnmtgogl play with them. In her own boucloir

,, ,_ 5|- _nature, and his oozs were a o __ _ _ _ _

ililishc had s..en our, new gi-:in_ . _ the.e was a. sofa. csircyally designed _ _____` M _. ____ ____ _ _ __ ___ _ _ _ _ _“___ ________ _ _he _o__nd.___o__s of __

I " "' G " for her by the Prince' and mls mn' and tl! B“?tl' l 'rim lim PLL' “L 'm tp lv “hum” nrlhlm lrclnni. arter rapidly becomlnli Its stron!

-- . -- _ -_-:_---_» " - - _ f r is-i ' _ |~¢~-~ :I I sc.. ' ~ "5 ‘ . `- _

_ had a part.cular attlactlon for _md Emperor ___ ______;r:_1 n ous _oil ic ws, Kin... Defender of the Eaitli _md _mile M hm body_ _wm.__m his

' t f earnest-

"Georgle`. He would creep into the

‘ved,.to feast his eyes _upon ri favorite i screen cove ed with family photo-| graphs. When rebuked gently by his: mother he would raisc_ those big' eyes of his tc her face and say. “It's gm. a nicer? feel than the nursery sofa." -- ' ‘ » ‘

It WM ailittle Jeter that the home-

life 'of the."Wale.1" children shifted it-1 centre, and, King Geo'.ge`s most vivid hfenroi-'iea_’ or his chiirlhccd cluster' lonnit" Sandringham Manor. the house iris-piirehtaf always loved 'ao dearly: =~ '. 4 "‘ .

I

r l lance of their Princeship was

children to-, uiterest V ~theinselves_- in

village boys . and girls on 'their-w

lcliarming symplthetic' ,way. Mean- lwhilc the little iwsitlcs mtsmlsaa lwiih thc small villagers., _an inter- course which theythorougbly enivyed 'evcn quarrelling cornplnipnably on occasions, for, it ia said. that'Prince ,George was not at all dvei-ae~'lo`a

_friendly right. . . - _

"t

Most child'en love 'the country.

and thc fir plantations and sandy hcaths round Sandringhi\m_ ' were 'a splendid playgroimd, ideal for _pic- llirs and childish gamcs and elipedl- tions. Little "Geol'ge" in especial scan began tc distinguish th¢’ullrer-. rnt. birds by their notes. and ,t his mother often asked '~ him to pici;

X

'charming description of the neigh- ~hci~hcc<i -given hy Miss sal-_ah'/il Tooley. _ _

"Who can' adequately cles`:1‘ibe_iis

.beiiutles." she writes. »".when‘_ .the primroses peep forth -in the Wolfer.

' which 'line the Tyne road area mans

drons make brilliant. patches amoirgst thc larchcs and pines." ' -=

Chidcd by "G'\anclmanuna" -» ` .

l that rcascn prized them all_the more.

Prince George, in_ especial. ovmédsa nohdescript wooly animal which was his great joy and accompaiiied him

fast which the children loved. and

'to obtain the coveted seat next to “l\`fnmma.". It is said that Queen Victoria once caught sight of_tilc ci-imy woolen .beast and remarked that she thought 'it' high tithe the

' child should lcam to do without

such things. _ »

“He is only cix."' answered the

` Princess ol Wales. “And ht-J_dbe_3

One six '. . l Q but six was to be

iiither an important age for Prince

' George, in n`iany ways.

By this time, the essential differen-

ces hctweeh him and his elder brother lmd_bccome more noticeable. Prince Eddy had always been delicate: he was a uite reserved boy. whilst

i

over with joy of life. Bishop Wilber-

' force. writing of the two, noted in the

elder "a celtain look of melancholy. whilst the younger was “full cf fun and spirits and life." In spite 01

his grandmothers rather disparaging V rema'k at his birth, Prince George

as a child is described as "the sweet-

_, est, chubbicst. merriest little man

you ever saw, but as full of mischef

s

i i as an egg is full of meat, always getting into scrapes and alway. ‘ laughing his way Uul Of ll`l¢l'n~"

that he had earned the name 0

' set upon deserving ii. At silt yew'

,p--~t-a»-v<`a-\.-.l. . ___ __'__M `______ V l __ __ old hc was sturdy, normal. ~health_y

|iuls~llicf. he had Dltn y U

-l _ ____ `. ~ -

rwm .nd curl up “pan R' unubscr l ` "D" "l """_""""'_ ''''' -"_'*-"--_----~--~ \ns<_;.Rn¢1 R ggpgglty for antldusllslil

Oon.~iort.. iziiriccli Tl‘~ cét~t¢~ mul l~‘- Illccs. they wcie no better' ivliich has marked htm ever since

historical associations will' up 'url ni‘obabl_v not as good. its otlieryhe was never* slack and there was

upon their father. The Princess of

` Q Prince George was always brimmning

‘ In fact so_t'ull of pranks was hel

If

l

"Right Royal Pickle" and seemed_

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fl ‘aRUARYjs;19ao P V -l "~ _ ~ _ . f _» . 1 ‘ _ ~- 't f ;» l-=F.E- fs ,_ . ‘s ~ IHF' CHAR TT'.5mWN.GUAR”_"ll"..~ -- ' ' -“ ~ -. NCR NlNls~- 'w ' " ` 't " ° 1_~._.____ _ _ _ .1 pq _ ,__ _ - _ _' _ _ _ ' _ ___ _.___ _ _ __ ____ _ _ _ "°_ -F5117" ’ .Aw = .

the-mm and the ruler ci to-day.

»¢.3¢'51e9'~~was sour cud his _elder brc-

i€§¢_ fUl'°lflhli) Of Mr. John Neale 9311011. then a_curate of Sandring-

lndf friend for many years.

hada passionfor mechanical toys, f_°r_§uvthlo¢ of which "thc wheels \'¢_l_l¢ _ l’¢_>ll1'ld". .and that interest in |.m=f¢l1l11ery. has always distinguished

i“.°.wr.l°l'°_b€8lin to develop, which was _llptlwd by out or his littlc sisters to the remark, ‘_'Georgie can never talk .about anythins. _except his old boats." | » ships and thc sea had indeed hc- loéme his great lnicrcst in life. capt.

ru-laced limi nothing better uicir

lopened by a' maidscvant, who did uct

others,.and often when driving about ther 'nearly six,” they 'w L d .1 _ the couiitryside. ‘hc 'wollldtlllillifllll ere pu un el lrewgmn me “dy Wm’ ll" °h°°d“l

' lt/it

_party of boys and girls. until Prince George stepped forward and, taldng

from' school ‘and take them" back _to hgmr iyho to th A thelrcottsce homes. and 'question ‘ “S be 'lr ““”‘"““ |01! his csv. remarked gravely. "This them about domestic matters, in her .-pt-nm the mst Pm,” George had ._ ____d__ _

: - lcr c en.’ '

'is the Princess of Wales, and we are

l On another visit to one of the Icattages on the Estate, with his _mother and c, clergyman, the latter left his walkingstick and did not

lmm: ‘But towards the me °f six ' :discover the los! until he reached

,Sandringham Manor. hobody had [noticed "Georgie" until he came for-

_ward suddenly with the courteous _req\iest, “lilly I have thc pleasurc_ of 'fetching it for you?" ' ` l A small atory. no doubt, but. it

al

n Marry" ‘ng Jules Verne were ,siiovls tile spirit which pervaded the

'W ""°""'° ‘““‘°“ ‘md ‘“’ ‘“"°W'sim lc hrlh i ci these children inanynf their thrilling 'M805 °l"‘°°l' Gugts ‘rt Salidljizngliam have alwaus .by`~heart. A chubby little figure, in 2 spoken nr uw chvmlng gpm” of h`;_ _his sailor cult. with it big straw hat t 'mmémv wich' p__eVR,lcd_ and 'and shock 'of fair hair, he often' ` - .I

f lc vc len

wildflowers fol' ‘he,r._ “because he* -_ _ ' i still prevails-tliere. The Prince o fzotncrcd them so tenderly-""`f . , .g“.9“p°d mmf lm’ tu!" w d° mm” ;Walcs early drilled into his .vounll We Ce" S” “lull SPi'luBl»lm¢ \i»|\‘°°."-""f<b`°“.““ °""‘““ ‘"‘ " "“" °°“d '“ ° sans the desirability of iierschuliv .sammlwllam ‘mllsl ha" 5¢¢m.¢d`- l°lu_1e 5-g§rde.n' .' ‘looking nltcr. nnc's guests ond he UW Clllldfell Bild lllell D5-F¢l\l'5=1»l|? ll The Prime 9 wa S WAS Hy ' lcarrlcd out his own nrvcr-isis.

_lent 'towards t._l~iesc particulaifesca-| In Lord F,i_<h___,._,_ ..Mcm0,__s.. we Dalia' He himsc-U “fag “WMS B 5°” l read it delightful story of how the

`Ig_Ye__r'h°"d. f°___“,';5 nlfmdy w°"'kn°wn !Admil'al, invited to Sondriiiglinm for

__:'eg_; Em e _hi SFc°“d_ Ton "Dia weck»cnd. was unpacklnt! when ll ° r B My '-"58 ‘ermus pm e551°"‘ knock canir on the door. Slinutiiig.

t\i'ir‘g-back the culprit. the sin would

_'rid ti-ei wlrlo-eyed little boy. and Nici' _ s-rtuirl d‘s"l'l‘.-.<_ llir~ riuestinn. “"~.l~‘~i l""’~\~f‘_ George alrcarly look l~1r`~"t \-'~v_‘ol'~l". as tfi wllcii he roilld

_ Al:_-__s°_ w’_1cn' as :M 5°“"_:t_m‘°S_ “F ,"Como in!" rather _ <'ui'tl.V. he was

ton Woods and the _whin-bushc., na.. _ he vlcnt to t G P0lll'l lmsff -° startled to see Kliils Edwaril liiiiiself

enter. and go over lo thc waslist-anti

of golden glory. and the rhododén, liiijforcotieii iii sm 5-tfi"i»=s which he m red me Comm. _mg “.ht,.h HUD.;

iliac. "1 always like to make sure iiiyself that it`s llo‘," lic reliiarlzeti, as he went away, after making surc that there was nothing more -that

he ~---_=i~,- ~.

' ° ' ` “ m - ,his guest needed.

"'”~ “"1 ".‘*""’;="l‘l`_s rl tl" two _voimz Princes with Cllarles Killasley. the

. _ i .

The children had few toys and for .-. 1.... ~.. -... .. _

N" ' ‘ F " ° M "ms t.h"P. But to return again to that sixtli

_vcar of his. it was to bring about Prince. Georges .Tat rzreiiriz with

is-"mis wlhm' The old mm “ms R ;soniconc who was to be very import- kegn boy-love". and a very reel intl-» _ _ _

- , alll lil his filturc life-more import-_

cvei°ywhe1e,- dey and l`l5Shl»- °°’“m3 mtv--i crew vo between him and the

aut than any othe~ person. . . . .

i ‘ . . . . . , _ .

_ _ ` . ll I fl ' . l . ll f. ..

_ _down with him to that family break- .M lad. as lg chnwn bv th, l,mch1m

I _' ‘ " _ . . _ when there was always ii scramble _Mm when he my R_d),,ng M E\,(____ _ l D . . _

- P lnccss had spent much of licr

slr-"_ i _ ‘ early childhood. It is is lovely ol!

` That. low- of animals. and ¢‘=pc:‘i- ftllv of horses and riding. which has slwa_vs been a marked' trait in the

house. on the Main. opposite Frank-_ furt. and was left to the ‘Duchess of-_ Cambridge. Aunt to Quccil Victoria.

';7m'"°'t°r of the man "V33 fostered :by the Landgrave l=‘rcclci'ick, with the

»-in t‘1e‘boy‘ Prince Geo"cc from very "early days. 'The children had a

request that she and licr dccciidants silould meet there. eve"y second yeru-.»

-..t,- ` . l ".'b" _ ,_ - m 1‘ Inman mmey "led NWS' I This tradition was kept up. and it

' ‘Plan it -wonderful red and gold har-

luve lbw ' -“J -' n'e§s.'de':ora!e_<i with -ribbons. which

‘5.~.¢~"Georgie's" fli‘st.`moinit. Hewas' _ » indeed artlculariy adventurous in°t°°' that me mrmed her msun'

I was _here that thc Princess oi' Wales met hcl' future husband. and hero;

ll .

‘ friendship with Princess Marv of

' , t h I t. t , d i , ' me M3 ` W im he R temp ed an ‘Cambrldgcn the Duchess ol Toclr.

exccsdingly proud of himself when hc one day succcedcri in ridinir Nawab _un the steps and right into the club- lhouse It West Newton, a ll g

'ing villager He was punished for `tl1is. but remarked nllilosophlcallv

after you llave_ done athing than just for tlilnkirig about ii.

Oh Sundays, after the_immcmorlal

country-hotise fashion. thc Prince

‘and Princess of Wales would walk around the stables after lunch with their guests, and _with Prince Eddy and Prince George in attend- ance. if they had been riassably good during the _wcck. Each child it-ént to the ltnclich .hcicrclctutl nhfl received a little basket of apples hurl ca‘1'ois. and nn especially favored occupant _ of thc stable; was their mntlicr's beautiful marc "VIva". `

Then there were their own beasts

to`,displa_v. the dove-co'<‘ the two !r|i_lves‘and nonlcs; wliilsl. visitors at Sa'ndi‘ingl'ianl noticed that little Prince George, naiiizing on in lil' mothers arm. would smnctllnc-s make su'p_risingi.v obsrrvaiit remarks about trees and birds and Bowers; ln that

l

'lil 1011"' “f d‘£`"“\“°u°“ m th! the small boy was much the father

scholarly Earl R.l\‘c:'s. on~v\ p¢,|~<~n t`rwi":=_ , way_5p_ y t.

ti the

of Caxton and 'his i~i~'ii‘.'i1';n-_»;~~.'=_ l "lt is vcry lim-rl work l>¢-tug n ‘set of his childish lips. an but the i-cd-is lrk litiil" iii Tl'm‘~~:- _‘."‘.'i\~c:~," the Prince of Wnlcs time `,'zlc"m in his .blue eyes. i -

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han style. \\'.\.1 built. in thc* chriy .ruizl izrouclv .to llttlc"Grm-cel", you As to nlsgcduation. -it had__ egun

seventies. ` _n_~iift _try to rcln:°inbo" nil the time in the .nrstplacc with him motller

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Hem U16 l"l'lllf'l‘ niirl f‘l-ill"ess livcrl that r-Liter pcuplc maltrr more than l\il_l0 Sllld 0_l'lC€ t0.l l,\'l¢ll_¢l- l"Q¢°\‘l¢

s- uily likes the p-'etty letters nc will

of- the man-there is vc~‘y little which King George docs not notice of' what gots on around lilii\_

Meets future bride

a'vcry'quict informal ills' and iv_~|~~'frll..tlf." ’» ~ . _ . . . _ _ ' i _

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the children were broiighi up in the The small boy cvlclciitlv thought _male any _nlimber of Sjs_l_in_ __ s,

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KYCRWSLF aill1DllclLV~ Tile smnli h o tlic'ma. tor nvcr, for n few days lalri'.ll'.< and l-l's‘ he wlll l10t l1l§_li§- - _ ' .

‘ - ' ' ' `i. " "l fanciful in_

fliers were not nllowcrl to be rail:-il'rllc cnnfessml siiaiiicfaccqlly to his_ Pehups lt 1 ralicr ___

"Royal l-Iigi1n::ss"; they were just lruotlfer that hc had cried.; bccausr lie lliink_that, even as a baby. the ii ti

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P“lncc Eddy and Prince George to all "‘-"\lld“l't have nnotlie~~ cake for ten. |i{lnif George was never fond of- th

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'e of that happy family of parciits anti c _¢~hila_r_'ch. and especially ci thc lcvrly t infoi'n‘li\l mother and thc small boy

tvhosc little girl accompanied l-irr in Ytumpcnlieim in this poi'tit-lilzti' slim-

el hb°___ nirl' of 1li'll.

Her mother railed her~ “lVfay- blossnm" and wrote of her to a. friend at about this time. slic ri-:lily ts as sweet and ciigagirg a child as you could wish to sec. Full of fun nlifl life, with thc deepest blue eyes im- agniable, quantities of lovely fair hair and a tiny rosebud of it mouth." So it was at Rumpcnliclm. with ils ivonderful gardens. which were stirh `a falryland for cliildrcn. that Prince George met the tiny girl who was to he lils ftiiuro wife.

After the l'tuni|>clil~ieiin visit. lie

faw her constalitly. The Duke and Duchess of Tcck llvccl in a suite of rooms at Kensington Palace, and when the Prince and Pi'inco|__9_;¢;# Wales were at Marlborough Kgt99_e,` t-llc respective families of clill _ rncnt. 'a izoorl rlcril of time ml o‘iicr's nurseries. As tile Ducli|3"§'§f Terk wrote her diary. "Walc°s _pimp

rcii came in this aftci-noon went up to the nurscigv to kt-cp. "1 in order."

To BE coirrinvazn .',."'?.f.’i’.

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was wxAt\\|Nan_ GLASSES SUPPLIED ANI) FITTED. raanrtli. ATTENTION GIVEN 'ro nrmm wolm.

J. W. .l0HNSTON§f

lleglaiered Optometrist '

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..-_4 - M early age, that just because ~ th _v - l>»i.nc<is ouglitnt to cry.. i . it piominenthzotor in _the thoutbtscf _who _ was the future King. The i ¢»,,,,.|,,,,,,,,° _

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