Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . must add), and whenreviewing her men, mounted on a superb black charger. Hernewly-created body-guard is intended to do sentry duty at thepalace, and serve as a mounted escort at reviews. It consistsof twenty-four privates, two non-commissioned officers, and alieutenant in command. When on horseback, the guardwears the white uniform of Curassiers, with cherry-red collar,cuffs, and turned-back coat flaps, and a helmet of polishedsteel, crested with the golden eagle. The g
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . must add), and whenreviewing her men, mounted on a superb black charger. Hernewly-created body-guard is intended to do sentry duty at thepalace, and serve as a mounted escort at reviews. It consistsof twenty-four privates, two non-commissioned officers, and alieutenant in command. When on horseback, the guardwears the white uniform of Curassiers, with cherry-red collar,cuffs, and turned-back coat flaps, and a helmet of polishedsteel, crested with the golden eagle. The gala-uniform on palaceduty consists of a white Bradenburgh coat, with carminefacings, and shoulder-knots in black, white and silver, wornover a white waistcoat, a black three-cornered hat, with cock-ade and feather brush in the Prussian colors, taking the placeof the helmet. M VHTHIX ROYAL PALACES. At the beginning of her married life, Empress Augusta-Victoria suffered much from the imperious and overbearingnature of her mother-in-law. Of late, the Kaiser has becomemore reconciled to his mother, and the bitterness which. THE WIDOWED EJfPRESS. formerly marred their relations, especially during the lastyears of his fathers life, has entirely disappeared. This has,moreover, contributed to bring about greatly improved re-lations between the two Imperial ladies. THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF GERMANY. 385 Not a day is now allowed to pass without the Emperorseeing- his mother when she is at Berlin. William II. is tooimpetuous, headstrong and self-confident to submit to anycontrol but that of a woman such as Queen Victorias eldestdaughter, who possesses the feminine art of not allowing himeither to see or feel the reign ; and she is diplomatic enoughto give him the impression that he is leading, while in realityhe is being led. The widowed Empress was without a doubt mainly respon-sible for the fall of Prince Bismarck. There are many thingsthat may be put forward in confirmation of this view.
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