. 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. back via Germany and Belgium, visitingon the way Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, at Darmstadt ; andmaking a short stay at Brussels. Then they came home for therest of the autumn to Sandringham, where the Princess spent hertwentieth birthday. The year 1865 proved an eventful one both to the Prince andthe Princess. The Prince paid his first State visit to Ireland, open-ing the International Exhibition of Dublin on 9th May, a
. 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. back via Germany and Belgium, visitingon the way Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, at Darmstadt ; andmaking a short stay at Brussels. Then they came home for therest of the autumn to Sandringham, where the Princess spent hertwentieth birthday. The year 1865 proved an eventful one both to the Prince andthe Princess. The Prince paid his first State visit to Ireland, open-ing the International Exhibition of Dublin on 9th May, and a littleless than a month later Prince George of Wales was born at Marl-borough House. Although, however, there have at various times been more orless serious fires in the Royal palaces, Sandringham, for instance,having been almost destroyed by a conflagration within the last fewyears. His Royal Highness has only once been really in a fire, andthis was just a month after his second sons birth. The fire began EARLY MARRIED LIFE 65 in the floor then styled the nursery floor, and after the Princess ofWales had been moved to another part of the house with her two. The Princess with the Baby Prince Albert Victor Photograph in 1864 ^_y Vernon Heath, published by McS^een children, the Prince set to work with the utmost energy to checkthe flames. It need hardly be said that very soon the whole of F 66 THE PRINCE OF WALES London seemed to be congregated in Pall Mall and St. JamessPark. At first it could not be made out where the fire was comingfrom, and the Prince helped to rip up the whole of the nurseryfloor before the mischief could be traced, and while doing so henearly had a bad accident, for he fell some distance through therafters. At last, however, the fire was got under and it was found thatcomparatively little harm had been done. Then for the first time itoccurred to some one to ask if Marlborough House was enough this very important precaution had not bee
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