AN UNPRINCELIKE PROCEEDING.
When George IV. was Prince Regent be visited Doncaster, ami at the time His Royal Highness was suffering from a cold. One day the Royal party were showing themselves to the people from the balcony. "Which is the Prince? I must see the Prince!” cried an excited old Yorkshire woman who had come to see the first gentleman in Europe. "That's him.” said a bystander, pointing upwards, "him with a handkerchief in his hand." "Him!" cried the old lady in profound contempt. "That the Prince? Wav. he blows his own nose!”
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 18
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94AN UNPRINCELIKE PROCEEDING. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 18
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