LITTLE PRINCE OLAF.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 4, 5 January 1907, Page 6

LITTLE PRINCE OLAF.

{&. ROYAL PROGRESS IN LONDON. Our. Own Correspondent.) ■ ' 'LONDON, 23rd November. On Monday last the London public had a 'first chance of seeing the little Norwegian Prince lOlaf, King Edward's grandson, whose advent has excited such extraordinary enthusiasm in London. The little prince had the chief delight of his visit ia England. ■ He came to London, and stood on- the seat of a carriage as he was driven through the streets. He was accompanied by the King and Quean- Alexandra, King Haakon and Queen Maud^ and attended by members of _the two Royal households. From- the. point of view of Prince Olaf and the crowds of people— chiefly women — who gathered to see him at Windsor and in London, it was distinctly the visit of Prince Olaf to London artd" P,rince Olaf's farewell to Windsor, arid not at all tho "removal of the Court to London," . incidentally carrying -.with it -a royal personage of the age- of three years. The little lad said good-bye to Windsor With tho same charming childish sincerity as when ho shook ' hands with the gold-laced naval officers on the royal yacht a week ago. •He" was early astir, and anxiously watched the packing of bis toys. Half the, women in Windsor turned out to wave hands to him as he went away. As soon as the landau reached the castlo gates Prince Olaf scrambled on to the seat and stood there smiling at the- ladies, who threw him kisses, until the station was reached. Then the little boy again became a little prince ■who solemnly recognised that the right j tiling to do on going away is to shake hands , with those he leaves behind, fe, \rith perfect seriousness, and with >at any affectation, he walked up to She majestic colonel of the Ist Life Gnards, and manfully held out his tiny hand. The colonel bowed as he shook h^*nds. Prince Olaf then turned to Colonel Fergusson, of the Coldstream Guards, and shook hands with him. He next selected the Mayor of Windsoi for a handshake, and was steadily working his way down the list of railway officials when Princess Victoria ran up and said that it was time to go. So Prince Olaf trotted gaily pff to the royal saloon, arid 'as the train steamed away he got some one to hold him up . so that he could wave his hand through tKe window. Prince Olaf 's drive through the ' Streets was quite a triumphal royal pro- 1 gress. _ There were crowds of people to <iee_ him, and ■ when they cheered he and sometimes saluted by raisiag his gloved hand to his cap. Outside Buckingham Palace there were hundreds of ladies, who had in many cases come to town on purpose to see the bpy prince. For three or four hours a crowd of women hung round the palace gates, in the hope of seeing Prince Olaf drive out a^ain. Their devotion to him was heroic, for the road was and muddy. and> now and then a slight drizzle fell. No Olaf came, but the hearts of the royal ladies within the palace were evidently touched by the love shown for the baby prince, and about three o'clock Queen Alexandra- came to the window over the central archway and lifted Prince Olaf Sp for a couple of minutes. The band of women in the wet gratefully waved their hands and handkerchiefs and threw kisses and then, when he had disappeared, went home happy.