Word: maude
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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King George, the Crown Prince Olaf of Norway,* the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and Prince Henry were present, together with Queen Mary, Queen Maud of Norway,? the Princess Victoria,? Princess Marie of Greece and a few other royal notables...
...Majesty, who for some time past has been failing in health, has suffered a severe heart attack"; and at once King George and Queen Mary hastened to her bedside, at Sandringham, in Norfolk. Already there were George's three sisters, Louise, the Princess Royal; the Princess Victoria; and Queen Maud of Norway. At London a special train waited, with steam up, ready at an instant's notice to speed the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York toward Sandringham, should their grandmother be declared upon the point of death...
...Queen Alexandra retains this "dower house," in which she and King Edward spent the first years of their married life. For many months she has lived in retirement at Sandringham, where her daughter Queen Maud of Norway paid her a long visit last winter...
...very Scandinavian in her looks and is taller than Prince Olaf; this is a good thing as, though the Norwegians are very fond of their young Crown Prince, they think he looks more like an Englishman than a Norwegian; he takes after the family of his mother (Princess Maud of England) more than that of his father. Both these young people are descended from the French General of Napoleon the Great's time, General Bernadotte, who was adopted as heir by the childless King of Sweden [becoming King Charles XIV, 1818-1844]. Prince Olaf of Norway is said...
...Council of Women was founded in Washington by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, quinquennials have been held at Rome, London, Berlin, Toronto, Christiania. At the latter capital, in 1920, the sessions were held in the Norwegian Parliament buildings and delegates were received by King Haakon and Queen Maud...