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...Queen, dressed entirely in white relieved only by a bouquet of mauve orchids, was accompanied by her consort, Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, drove through The Hague, was welcomed by choral bodies singing the Wilhelmus, and civic, naval and military assemblies. Long and loud were the cheers ot "God save the Queen!" Little Princess Juliana, Holland's future Queen, also received a tremendous ovation from the people. The enthusiasm displayed was said to be rare in Holland. At night the city was a "fairyland of colored lights."; The festivities lasted until Sept...
...Family. Mention is made of King Leopold I and of his daughter, Princess Charlotte, later the unhappy Empress of Mexico, now mad and confined in a castle in Belgium (TIME, July 30). In England, glimpses are given of Queen Victoria; Edward VII as the Prince of Wales; the Prince Consort; the Duke of Wellington, grand-uncle of Lady Rose; Gladstone; the great Salisbury, father of Lord Robert Cecil; Robert Browning, poet; Carlyle, brilliant and famous essayist...
...Tzar, Nicholas II, often visited the Riviera and Switzerland with the Princess Yourievska, during the last ten years of his life, completely neglecting the Tzarina, whose Maid of Honor the Princess had been. Alexander and Catherine had three children before he married her, only six weeks after his legal consort died. The daughter who is being approached by journalist Markov is known as Princess Yourievska in London, where she has attracted attention through her vocal concerts...
...Anglo-Pennsylvania expedition at Ur of the Chaldees, under C. Leonard Woolley, has made progress in revealing the great temple of the Moon God and his consort, erected by early Sumerian kings about 3,600 B. C., and remodeled by Nebuchadnezzar, the Assyrian conqueror, more than a score of centuries later...
...dock by Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry, her consort. Then commenced the magnificent spectacle of two monarchs riding side by side in a gilded coach drawn by six horses through the flag-bedecked town to the Royal Palace. Everywhere the populace acclaimed the Royal party with vociferous cheers. Festivities have been arranged for King Haakon at Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague...