. The boyhood of a great king, 1841-1858 : an account of the early years of the life of His Majesty Edward VII. ke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Prince ofWales, and Prince Alfred, went to Southwark forthe purpose of inspecting the brewery of and Perkins, where a few years before,the Austrian Marshal Haynau had received a well-merited castigation at the hands of the draymen,a circumstance which prevented the Court ofVienna being represented at the Duke of Welling-tons funeral. The christening of Prince Leopoldtook place at Buckingham Palace on June 28, thefifteenth anniversary of the
. The boyhood of a great king, 1841-1858 : an account of the early years of the life of His Majesty Edward VII. ke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Prince ofWales, and Prince Alfred, went to Southwark forthe purpose of inspecting the brewery of and Perkins, where a few years before,the Austrian Marshal Haynau had received a well-merited castigation at the hands of the draymen,a circumstance which prevented the Court ofVienna being represented at the Duke of Welling-tons funeral. The christening of Prince Leopoldtook place at Buckingham Palace on June 28, thefifteenth anniversary of the Coronation. In thecourse of that day the Prince of Wales was attackedwith measles, and was confined to his room for nearlya week. The Queen was unremitting in her attend-ance, and with a kind precaution absented herselffrom all assemblies where a chance of contagionto other children might arise. One by one themalady attacked all the children, with the exceptionof the two youngest, and finally the Queen herselftook it. The Crown Prince of Hanover and theDuke and Duchess of Coburg also fell ill, and the 292. THE ria\( K h in the collection of ComnuindcrC. X. Jlohinnon, , cir, 1853 Midgets and Measles infection was likewise transmitted to the Duke ofBrabant and Count of Flanders. Under thesepainful circumstances the Heir Apparent was un-able to enjoy the exhibition of the Aztecs broughtto England from Central America, for he leftLondon the same day for Windsor, as a change ofair had been strongly recommended for him. Itwas not till July 23, that Queen Victoria herselffell ill at Osborne, but she soon recovered, androyal visits were paid to the camp at Chobham,Her Majesty being accompanied on the last occasionby the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, PrinceAlfred, and the Princess Alice. On August 10,Queen Victoria wrote to Uncle Leopold inBrussels : We went thrice more to our dear camp,and had two interesting days there. It has beenmost successful, and the troops have been
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