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...Presumably Victoria's consort. Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
...Netherlands. Her favorite Palace, at The Hague, has such an air of whitewashed simplicity that non-Dutch-speaking tourists have been known to leave the city under the impression the Court resides at the late Mr. Carnegie's far more sumptuous Peace Palace. The tastes of the Prince Consort (Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) are likewise circumscribed within the same prudent limits. Hence, when a large appropriation was recently placed at the disposal of the royal pair to be expended on the celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary, the foreign diplomats at The Hague speculated whimsically upon the form which this...
Last week they found out. The Queen, the Prince Consort, and the heiress apparent, Princess Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, proceeded to the Church of Saint Jacob and participated in a service of thanksgiving. That...
There the celebration of Wilhelm II's 67th birthday (TIME, Feb. 8) was still under way. The former Kaiser embraced his son, whom he had not seen for two years, "with tears in his eyes." The one-time Crown Prince "displayed his usual gayety." Later, Wilhelm's consort, Hermine, donned "a striking pink and black silk gown and a diamond tiara." Thus attired, she welcomed Herr Mendelssohn, her husband's chief banker, and many a titled Dutch and German guest to "a grand reception, at which all present were...
Meanwhile Wilhelm was not idle. At 11 a.m. he was snapshoted by photographers while walking with his consort, Hermine, in the hamlet of Doom itself, where the Dutch inhabitants usually accord him a silent salute by gravely tipping their hats. At noon he received the congratulations of his entourage and servants. At 4 p. m. he delivered a birthday speech "with energy in a high voice" to his guests, and was greeted with "loud hochs...