RUMOURED ABDICATION OF THE QUEEN.
Paris, February 21. The Memorial Diplomatique says :—“ The rumours about the abdication of Queen Victoria are beginning to assume consistency. To her grief at the loss of her husband is now to bo added that for the German-Danish conflict, which divides the royal family into two hostile camps, and increases the confusion that already existed in the mind of the Queen. Lately, at a private council on the Danish question, the Queen declared that she would do nothing without consulting Prince Albert. She retired to her chamber. On returning she said that the Prince had pronounced against the war. Other similar facts suggest: the idea of establishing a regency. The increasing popularity of the Prince of Wales makes it likely he will he appointed to the post. Public opinion desires the Queen’s abdication in lus favour. The stay of (he Prince of Wales at St. Leonards, instead ofat Osborne, adds probability to that reported division between the Queen and her children.” Tou tx, February 22, “It is probable that; Queen Victoria will abdicate, or that the Prince of Wales, who is inclined to assist Denmark, will be made Regent.”
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 173, 6 May 1864, Page 5 (Supplement)
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194RUMOURED ABDICATION OF THE QUEEN. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 173, 6 May 1864, Page 5 (Supplement)
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