. The boyhood of a great king, 1841-1858 : an account of the early years of the life of His Majesty Edward VII. the birthday of PrinceArthur. The invitations numbered two hundredand sixty. At a quarter to nine oclock the Queenand Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince ofWales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise,Prince Arthur, the Duchess of Kent, and theDuchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, enteredthe Throne room, which was arranged for dancing,and immediately commenced with a Royal Princesses wore dresses of white tulleover
. The boyhood of a great king, 1841-1858 : an account of the early years of the life of His Majesty Edward VII. the birthday of PrinceArthur. The invitations numbered two hundredand sixty. At a quarter to nine oclock the Queenand Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince ofWales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise,Prince Arthur, the Duchess of Kent, and theDuchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, enteredthe Throne room, which was arranged for dancing,and immediately commenced with a Royal Princesses wore dresses of white tulleover white silk trimmed with apple blossom andwreaths of the same. The Prince of Wales andPrince Alfred wore Highland dresses. The LordsRonald* and Albert Leveson Gower,t sons of the * Lord Ronald Gower, born August 2, 1845, and well known asan artist, author and critic. A Trustee of the National PortraitGallery. Alive in 1906. t Born November 21, 1843 ; died, December 23, 1874. AlbertLeveson-Gower was two years the senior of his younger brotherLord Ronald. He died at the age of thirty-one, two years after 300. KING EDWARD VII. AS A SAIhdU. l^:,4 A Birthday Juvenile Ball Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ; the Marquessof Douglas, son of the Duke and Duchess of Hamil-ton ; * the Marquess of Lorne,t and the LordsWalter X and Archibald Campbell §, sons of theDuke and Duchess of Argyll, and other youthfulscions of the Scottish aristocracy wore Highlandcostume. Her Majestys private band providedthe music, and supper was served in the State dining-room. The Queen (despite all her cares and anxieties)wrote a cheerful letter to the Premier (Lord Aber-deen) commanding his presence to see anumber of happy little people, including some ofhis grand-children, enjoying themselves. Oneof the Gordon grand-children of 1854 ultimatelysucceeded to the title, but perished at sea whileserving as a common sailor, while his brother waskilled at Cambridge by the bursting of a gun. It was about this time tha
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