THE OLDEST LIVING QUEEN.
— . ■ . . ♦ It is not the oldest Queen in the world for whom tho empire has bees plunged in mourning. Of greater age than Queen Victoria is the Queen of Hanover, who, though in exile, still holdu her titla by courtesy. She has, however, held no ruling position for more than a generation. Queen Mario lives at Gmuuden, ia Upper Austria. She lias few of the infirmities of age. She still drives and walks out, taking an.notivo interest in the world's affairs ; and she looks, as indeed she is, a Queen without a country. The Queen of Hanover will, if sh» lives, bft 83 t)«xt April, so that she is nearly a year older than Quoen Victoria was. Tie e\ Em press Eugenic, who has been a olose Mend of the dead Queen for many years, is 7fl. Older than all these,, however, is the Princess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who is 84 this year.
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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 86, 13 April 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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158THE OLDEST LIVING QUEEN. Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 86, 13 April 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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