The Queen was evidently much pleased with the Wild West Show, as she repeated her "isit. She was accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria, the young Princesses of Connaught, and her baby grand-daughter of Wales, for whose benefit the return trip was chiefly intended. The two elder sons of the Prince of Wales were not taken the second time, in spite of urgent entreaties on their part, as it seems the sights of their-first visit rather unsettled them. They are high-spirited lads, and their imitations of feats of horsemanship, shooting, wall-climbing, and lassooing have been so realistic and persistent since as to prove somewhat trying to the nerves of those around them. Princess Mary Victoria, on the other hand, is dignity itself, and allows no amount of excitement to make her oblivious for oue moment to the fact that she will be Princess Royal of England inlet us hopethe dial and distant future.,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12279, 25 May 1903, Page 5
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