Author: Orr and Morris

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-29

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780265927847

Excerpt from Souvenir Programme, the Royal Visit, Hamilton, Monday, Oct. 14, 1901 Cambridge, the seventh son, of George Ill. Whose father was Frederick Prince of Wales, the eldest son of George ii. And Caroline of Anspach. She was educated under the personal direction of the Duke and Duchess of Teck, who took her to Florence when she was between sixteen and seventeen years of age, where she gained a practical knowledge of the fine arts. About this time her parents were offered White Lodge as a residence, and it was in this most beautiful of suburban Royal dwellings that the Princess grew up to womanhood, becoming in due course her mother's dearest companion and the kindest of friends and playmates to her three brothers, one of whom, the youngest, Prince Alexander, is a prominent member of the Duke of Cornwall and York's travelling suite. The 'duchess is distinctly clever. She has had a very thorough musical education. Her voice having been trained by Signor Foli. She plays the piano forte and harp like a professor, and speaks German and French fluently. She rides and drives well, and plays an excellent game of lawn tennis. Her favourite authors are Tennyson, Carlyle, Emerson and George Eliot, and on her bookshelves, occupying prominent positions, and no doubt also on board the Ophir may be seen the works of Macaulay, Lamb, Froude, Motley. John Morley, Moliere, Goethe, Dante and others. Princess May_ was confirmed by Dr. Claughton, Bishop of St. Albans, and in t886, .e.ver memorable as the year of the Colonial and lndian Exhibition, she went to her first drawing-room, and during the season attended two state functions. It was while on a visit to Madame de Falbe at Luton that the engage ment between the Princess and the Duke took place, and she will have been married eight years in May next. It may be added that the Princess's wedding ring and keeper are rather exceptional, the former being made of Welsh gold, while the latter is made of Scotch gold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.