PRINCE OF WALES.
'THE "EARL OF CHESTER." .' ''''y : \ ' A LO"NDON, March 21. y'The^lßrince.ot' Wales has gone to Ger"niai^: incognito in order to get rid of the . f ormalisjn which -surrounds -royalty ! at every - turn. He has resumed the , title of! the Earl of Cheater, which he ■ased'^on the .occasion '-of his visit .to 'jFrance--last year. -Part of his time 1 is to be- spent with the King and Queen 'of Wurtemberg, who keep themselves free as far as possible from -the. irbnclamped etiquette which- proves so irk-•oirie-'-to those compelled to live m the l^arrowscircle of a small -Teutonic ;C6urt. "The--JKinTg is a good sportsman, a splendid judge of horse-flesh, a' first-rate whip, and a most excellent 'shot, .and the Earl of- Chester will, therefore, re* feeiye; every- ertcouragemeht ' ; f or that love of "«^tdq"or ; -amuseriient : -'which He. has "developed since-'-he has been' at Oxford. 'In his- earlier -years' it is ;&ri open; secret that he was somewhat "-disposed [to. ..bo ' a molly-coddleyr'but 'he-has" > ou.t'jp , 6wn this last littje Ei^ering' tdhch 'of the'nurapery. It iB in^p^ible* that '»he should "eve* peis fc6nal"t_j 'big a great athlete:' He has, not the "necessary 'physique/; Hej'is 18,: and ht. -royal-la w of ! age; but is 6*hly a slip of a boy, short' s bf- stature like his father, aridiiaifae'wjp.7.iather. than strong, though his; frame." may; .with, years, broaden aomewhat . into .;.. ih*? of his grandfather.-! In personal; 'appea"r'ance he ..iias7.hi3!^7mriffiers' fifoe " forgheacl, the heavy-liddedj eyes; 6f the RdVal Family, his father's nose; and hte mother's mouth ■and 'chin. It'ia 4' ; very ffpleasarit';inherited. combination, and '- with -the 1 animal tion, ' bo^ydshaess, and mtidesty. that is most often seen ini'his face, The has en- § aging qualities., "which" are 1 sure to enear.- tain to 4he English, people. . : ' I •I^ItEMNG*;'TNCOG. >, ! '"' ■"'' . ThefpreSentVi^in_>V,.as; Rpmce of Wales, n u-^J^i bccAsiprijin '„his .many journeys abrq^djjfi.- trayel. .incognito,.*^ because' ori each; opcasion This" ' trips ; were ; officially •miderteken ; . bm>^..Kahg,; Edward 'rather j£^?y J 9 enioy';.yeiUng..his personality, ■ TR/eiifrew- andlater-as Duke °h "' Almpst eyery member of the Boyal -Family_:*J_as jKhat f m& might call an. lnforinar^tle. The "Duke and Duchess , galj fih^inselves S^i d^B^^U^ws*es, _ fen £nncess CHrisjaan^ j^kes *.thA< cur? ,"aj£ _a, foreign "^a^erijig--p_ace>- t&e iotel'.bboks retiord nerT.-p^esence^^apWs Graventr* 11 ', -k, Prih "cess ' Xduiase, X Duchess of • 'sW&v W^ " a * Cfe[tN%*^*andri4gß j wjulethe Pr_ncesjrHeni_y pif Batteriburg adopts the. style of : Cohntess: of^ Cansbrooke. . . ;ZX i.'..,, "_.-._*: .*"""'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13071, 10 May 1913, Page 10
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389PRINCE OF WALES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13071, 10 May 1913, Page 10
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