Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . A — liih FINISH. Coningsby, excites the greatest interest and curiosity,and is generally witnessed by a small parly of invitedladies and gentlemen, whose names are well known at themeets over which Her Majestys huntsmen are wont to pre-side. Both the Prince of Wales and Prince George arepassionately fond of fox-hunting, and so likewise was the lateDuke of Clarence, who was also an excellent his last stay with his regiment at York the Dike. 6
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . A — liih FINISH. Coningsby, excites the greatest interest and curiosity,and is generally witnessed by a small parly of invitedladies and gentlemen, whose names are well known at themeets over which Her Majestys huntsmen are wont to pre-side. Both the Prince of Wales and Prince George arepassionately fond of fox-hunting, and so likewise was the lateDuke of Clarence, who was also an excellent his last stay with his regiment at York the Dike. 62 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. was in the habit of devoting several hours a day to this, oneof his favorite pastimes. A large number of cats are kept about the mews, one ofwhich, called Jack, is supposed to be the State ex-cellence. He is a magnificent Persian, of an extremely aris-tocratic nature, as he refuses to acknowledge a helper orliveryman, or, in fact, any one beneath the dignity of the Statecoachman. It was noticed, however, on the occasion of thevisit paid by the Prince of Naples to the stables, that Jack at once recognized the presence of Royalty, and immediatelypaid his grateful respects to the Prince. Formerly there used to be a number of what might becalled performing cats kept about the mews, and these, onthe occasion of Her Majestys visits, were always made to gothrough their performances, one of which consisted in theirjumping from the back of a horse on to the stall-post, and soon throughout the whole ten-stall stables. The Jubilee landau is so named as it was use
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