Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . rince Oscar first saw the womanwho has been to him a true helpmate and loving meeting with her is told in his poem, Mon Repos, thename of the Prince of Wieds family castle. In 1857 he ledto his far mountain home his Angel bright and good, the28 (433) 434 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. Princess Sophie of Nassau, A quiet, happy, retired Hfe wasthat led by the young couple, the mother occupied with thecares of the baby boy, who the following year came to cheertheir hear
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . rince Oscar first saw the womanwho has been to him a true helpmate and loving meeting with her is told in his poem, Mon Repos, thename of the Prince of Wieds family castle. In 1857 he ledto his far mountain home his Angel bright and good, the28 (433) 434 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. Princess Sophie of Nassau, A quiet, happy, retired Hfe wasthat led by the young couple, the mother occupied with thecares of the baby boy, who the following year came to cheertheir hearts and that of the delighted grandfather. Not long,however, wasPrince Oscarallowed to livethe life of asimple burgh-er. In I 8 5 9his father died,and his broth-er ascendedthe throne. Asthe new Kingwas still child-less, it fell onPrince Oscarto fill the roleof CrownPrince, andundertake allthe onerousoffices of tlmtpost, fromwhich he neverwas relieved until his brothers sudden and unexpected death, in 1872,placed the crown upon his own brow. His poetic giftshence had to rest a while, but only for a while. In the intervals. KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY, THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY. a-j. of business, in spare moments, Oscar Frederick is alwaysready to use his pen. His very real and simple piety, too,finds an outlet in his poems. The Easter Hymn can beworthily placed beside any of the Evangelical Church German translation of these poems was by the Kingsexpress desire dedicated to the late Emperor Frederick ofGermany, as the patron of the works of peace andhumanity. When King Oscar passed through Biarritz last year,where Queen Natalie of Servia is now living, he paid her allthose attentions and courtesies which are part and parcel ofhis genial nature. Sorry for her loneliness, he called uponher at her villa, and on her returning his visit at his hotel hecame down stairs with all his suite under the portico, to help heralight from her carriage, and kissed her in royal f
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