. 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. rlborough House ; and it is a significant fact that any tradesmanwho sends in an account twice over is never again patronised bytheir Royal Highnesses. His Royal Highness does not confine his custom to any oneLondon tailor ; on the contrary, he is careful to distribute hispatronage, and it is a mistake to fancy that His Royal Highnesspays very much more for his clothes than do other people. Hiswardrobe is necessarily larger an
. 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. rlborough House ; and it is a significant fact that any tradesmanwho sends in an account twice over is never again patronised bytheir Royal Highnesses. His Royal Highness does not confine his custom to any oneLondon tailor ; on the contrary, he is careful to distribute hispatronage, and it is a mistake to fancy that His Royal Highnesspays very much more for his clothes than do other people. Hiswardrobe is necessarily larger and more varied than that of a privateindividual. It need hardly be said that he dresses in perfect taste,and it is well known that he has no sympathy with the revolutionistswho would abolish the frock-coat. His Royal Highness is,however, also understood to have a special fondness for the old-fashioned bowler hat. It would be difficult to over-estimate thePrinces influence as an arbiter of fashion, especially in America, whereevery trifling change in his costume is faithfully reported and imitated,and also on the Continent. On the whole, his influence in matters of. The Prince as Admiral From a Photograph by Russell 188 THE PRINCE OF WALES dress is strongly conservative. He has none of the Continental loveof displaying uniforms, and his dress is always the acme of good taste,because it is always absolutely suitable to the occasion on which itis worn. The Prince has an ever-increasing number of uniforms, militaryand other. Every one of his honorary army titles requires fourcomplete uniforms,—full dress, undress, mess dress, and uniforms and robes are worth quite _^ 15,000, and are, ofcourse, fully insured. It need hardly be said that the Prince has almost every Order inexistence. The mere enumeration of them fills up a large space inDebrett. Some of them are extremely valuable. The principalOrder possessed by His Royal Highness is, of course, the Garter,which is onl
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