A Plucky Queen.
The Queen of Portugal is one of the most popular reigning Sovereigns alive; so that anything like a revolution in Portugal is absolutely out of the question. The recent act of heroism through which she saved a fisherman from drowning will not diminish that popularity. The fisherman was in a boat which capsized, and was in a very bad way indeed, when Her Majesty, who happened to be near, flung herself into the water, swam to the rescue, and brought him safe to shore. Anyone who has ever tried to swim with his or her clothes on will realise the pluck of the young Queen, and as it turned out that the fisherman’s leg was broken, her act deserves all the more wonder and admiration. It is worth while being a fisherman in Portugal when there are such Queens.
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Golden Bay Argus, Volume VII, Issue 66, 5 September 1901, Page 3
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142A Plucky Queen. Golden Bay Argus, Volume VII, Issue 66, 5 September 1901, Page 3
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