. H. R. H., the Prince of Wales; an account of his career, including his birth, education, travels, marriage and home life; and philanthropic, social and political work. re his step-grandmother, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg,represented by the Duchess of Kent; the Duke of Cambridge ; theyoung Duchess of Saxe-Coburg (Queen Victorias sister-in-law),represented by the Duchess of Cambridge; Princess Sophia, re-presented by the Princess Augusta of Cambridge; and PrinceFerdinand of Saxe-Coburg. Nothing was omitted to make the Prince of Waless christen-ing a magnificent and impressive ceremony. There wa
. H. R. H., the Prince of Wales; an account of his career, including his birth, education, travels, marriage and home life; and philanthropic, social and political work. re his step-grandmother, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg,represented by the Duchess of Kent; the Duke of Cambridge ; theyoung Duchess of Saxe-Coburg (Queen Victorias sister-in-law),represented by the Duchess of Cambridge; Princess Sophia, re-presented by the Princess Augusta of Cambridge; and PrinceFerdinand of Saxe-Coburg. Nothing was omitted to make the Prince of Waless christen-ing a magnificent and impressive ceremony. There was a fullchoral service, concluding, by the special desire of Prince Albert,with the Hallelujah Chorus. It is impossible, wrote the Queenin her Journal^ to describe how beautiful and imposing the effectof the whole scene was in the fine old chapel, with the banners, themusic, and the light shining on the altar. It was significant of theyoung Queens native simplicity that the Prince was only christened BIRTH AND EARLY EDUCATION 3 Albert, after his father, and Edward, after his grandfather, the Dukeof Kent. Both the Queen and Prince Albert soon showed that they were. The Oueen, the Princess Royal, and the Prince of Wales From the Painting by S. Cousins, determined to allow nothing like publicity to come near theirnurseries, and the public obtained but few glimpses of the Prince ofWales as a child. Prince Alberts intimate friend and adviser. BaronStockmar, wrote a year after his birth to one of his friends : The 4 THE PRINCE OF WALES Prince, although a httle plagued with his teeth, is strong upon hislegs, with a calm, clear, bright expression of face. Before he waseighteen months old His Royal Highness had already sat for hisportrait several times. As may be easily imagined, a good deal of interest was taken inthe Royal child by those who had an opportunity of seeing the great geologist, Sir Charles Lyell, went to Balmoral, theQueens eldest son, a pleasing, lively b
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