Curious Facts About English Royalty
The King-has officially no surmane. , • .. . r ; - The Sovereign pays no rates or. taxes. .V ".'?,-. ; . No one proposes. for the hand of a royal princes in marriage. ' ~« - ...-•/''' ' ;J: Royal warrant holders have to pay no tax for the Us® of the royal arms. , .. ./" ... ~ / ' ' The Queen never accompanies her husband to the establishment of a bachelor. .... . , . ’ The King pays from his privy purse for both his special trains and his theatre tickets. Finger-glasses are never placed on the dinner . table when members of the royal family are present. .' i The King’s motor cars carry no number, and _ hia chauffeurs are not amenable for exceeding .the speed limit. King George was the twelfth holder of . the title of Duke of York and the eighteenth holder of the', title of Prince of Wales since its creation in 1301. At the time of his accession King Edward resigned his membership of all the clubs to which he belonged butretained his right of vetoing any election to the Marlborough Club. " T " ■ ' ■ •
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New Zealand Tablet, 22 June 1911, Page 1139
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170Curious Facts About English Royalty New Zealand Tablet, 22 June 1911, Page 1139
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