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Compared to Mary's the moral standards of Alexandra seem, almost lax. Clemenceau has said: "Edward VII . . . one day . . . invited me to a party where there were twelve women, every one of whom had been his mistress. . . . Nevertheless his wife . . . had great veneration for, him." The present Queen Empress is both a good woman and an indomitable influence for good. Last week the wives of the Delegates to the London Naval Parley twittered and chatted about her, then chatted and twittered all over again, comparing notes. For they had just had dishes of tea at the "home" of Her Majesty...
Strangely enough the last three queens of England have all known comparative poverty in girlhood. Everyone remembers that Alexandra was the daughter of a petty prince who by a fluke became King of Denmark, and that she used to scrimp and help her sister make dresses before the latter became the Tsarina Maria Feodorovna of all the Russias and Alexandra herself Britain's Queen Empress. But everyone does not remember a far more important fact: that in the same bedroom at Kensington Palace which Victoria the Great used as a girl was born Mary the Good, daughter of her first...
...present Prince of Wales was "Pragger Wagger" at Oxford. An ejaculation which "Collar and Cuffs" could be depended on to utter in almost any circumstances was "Really!" in a particularly flat drawl. Nevertheless he, the Duke of Clarence, was definitely the favorite child of his proud mother, later Queen Alexandra. Possibly apocryphal but thoroughly typical is the following tale...
When poor C.&C. was swept away by untimely influenza, the Great Queen did not waver in her wish to improve on coincidence and make a queen of May. "Eddy" was dead, but "Georgie" was left. May should marry Georgie, decreed Victoria. But Alexandra was violently opposed. What?this girl who was supposed to be grief-stricken for Alexandra's eldest and favorite son?should she be allowed to switch her affections to No. 2? Was it decent? Was it right? In effect, should May be allowed to get away with...
With all the strength that was in her proud soul, with all the ingenuity of a mother championing the dignity of her dead son, Alexandra tried to prevent the match between Georgie and May. But how could she succeed when against her were arrayed triumphant Obstinacy, personified by Queen Victoria, and triumphant Cynicism in the person of Alexandra's own husband, later Edward VII? It is reported on excellent authority that the Great Cynic laughed at his wife: "You are a sentimentalist, Alix, I am glad May is not. One in the family is enough...