Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . verything German, never consented to his littledaughter learning the German language, but Queen Wil-helmina speaks Dutch, Italian and English as fluently asFrench. Two years ago, Mile. Loitard, being forced byfamily circumstances to give up her post of governess to thelittle Princess, was replaced by an English lady, Miss Winter,who is still intrusted with the young Oueens education. (415) 4i6 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. The Queens household is composed of two chamberlains,of
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . verything German, never consented to his littledaughter learning the German language, but Queen Wil-helmina speaks Dutch, Italian and English as fluently asFrench. Two years ago, Mile. Loitard, being forced byfamily circumstances to give up her post of governess to thelittle Princess, was replaced by an English lady, Miss Winter,who is still intrusted with the young Oueens education. (415) 4i6 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. The Queens household is composed of two chamberlains,of four professors, of an equerry, and of two ladys maids;this is her immediate entourage ; but, of course, she also hasa military household, whose place, for the present at least, may be consideredin the light of asinecure. It has been saidof the English Par-liament that therewas nothing it couldnot do except turna woman i n t o aman. The DutchHigh Court of Jus-tice has given proofof its ability to ac-complish what i sbeyond the powereven of the BritishParliament, by de-ciding at the time ofthe Kings deathshould take the. QUEEN WILHELMINA. that officials and other public servantsoath of allegiance, not to the Queen, but to KingWilhelmina. This extraordinary decision was violently at-tacked by the press as contrary to common-sense, but theHigh Court is far too independent a body for their havingany chance of its yielding the point. Indifferent as to whether she is officially regarded as King orQueen, pretty, fair-haired Wilhelmina enjoys life as Sovereign THE ROYAL FAMILY OF HOLLAND 417 of the Netherlands, and oblivious of the mighty inter-ests gathered about her crown, she spends her days happilyat the old Casde of Loo, where she has remained with hermother ever since her fathers death. Het-Loo, as the place is called in Dutch, is a very beautifulplace, although the palace itself is small for a royal abode. Itis surrounded by green meadows and shaded by century-oldtrees, which g
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