Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . public apprehensionwas felt, and when, at midnight on Saturday, the 14th, thepeople who live within its sound heard St. Pauls bell tolling,and when on Sunday morning the people in the great townswere arrested by a funeral knell, nobody thought at first themeaning of the unusual sounds. The news on that fatefulSunday morning met the people on their way to church andchapel that the Prince had died at ten minutes to eleven thenight before, and was everywhere received with
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . public apprehensionwas felt, and when, at midnight on Saturday, the 14th, thepeople who live within its sound heard St. Pauls bell tolling,and when on Sunday morning the people in the great townswere arrested by a funeral knell, nobody thought at first themeaning of the unusual sounds. The news on that fatefulSunday morning met the people on their way to church andchapel that the Prince had died at ten minutes to eleven thenight before, and was everywhere received with consternationand surprise. The body of the Prince Consort now rests in the noblemausoleum erected by the Queen at Frogmore. Since thedeath of her husband, the Queen—while not neglecting Stateaffairs—has lived to a large extent a retired life, and the cere-monial duties of her position have been chiefly borne by thePrince and Princess of Wales. Prince Albert was in the very zenith of his fame and hap-piness when he was taken away. The Queen herself said ofhis death, that the loss to her was so great that it would be. JUIXJE HUDDLESTON OF THE SUPREME CoURT OF ENGLAND. 26 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. the beginning of a new reign. It was practically the begin-ning of a new reign. The Queens widowhood severed herfrom politics. The Court was eclipsed; and for several yearsthe widowed Queen made no public appearances. The great event of the year 1863 was the marriage of thePrince of Wales with Alexandra, daughter of the King ofDenmark. The whole country was alive with excitement andrejoicing. The Princess was accompanied to England by herfather, mother, and sister, and was met at Gravesend by thePrince of Wales, who drove with her through the streets ofLondon, amid the enthusiastic cheering of enormous crowds. When Eton was reached, on the way to Windsor, the boyscheered again for the beautiful young Princess. The weddingtook place at St. Georges Chapel, on the loth of March, theQueen at
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