Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . he Robes,kneels before them in turn, and, dipping a richly embroideredsilk towel in a gold basin, washes their feet. They are pre-sented with suits of clothes, purses of money and huge bas-kets of provisions at the conclusion of the ceremony, which all the members of theCourt are invited to at-tend. The Princess Isabella,sister-in-law of the QueenRecfent, and her mostconstant companion andassociate, living with herall the year round at Mad-rid, Aranjuez and San Se-basti
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . he Robes,kneels before them in turn, and, dipping a richly embroideredsilk towel in a gold basin, washes their feet. They are pre-sented with suits of clothes, purses of money and huge bas-kets of provisions at the conclusion of the ceremony, which all the members of theCourt are invited to at-tend. The Princess Isabella,sister-in-law of the QueenRecfent, and her mostconstant companion andassociate, living with herall the year round at Mad-rid, Aranjuez and San Se-bastien, is without any ex-ception the most brilliantand clever member of theSpanish royal family. Sheis the eldest daughter ofQueen Isabella II., andwas born in 1851. Untilthe birth of her brother,the late King Alfonso, sixyears later, she held thetitle and rank of Princess of the Asturias, which, like that ofWales in Great Britain, is always borne by the heir-presump-tive to the throne. In 1868, a few months before hermothers forced abdication, she was rnarried to PrinceGaetan, of Bourbon, younger brother of the ex-King of. PRINCESS Queen Regents Constant Companion. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN. 481 Naples, and who was known by the title of Count marriage was an unsuitable one in every way, for thePrince was sickly, stupid, morose and disagreeable; in fact,in every way the exact opposite of his wife. Moreover, hewas afflicted with epilepsy in its most horrible form, beingseized with a frightful attack within twenty-four hours of thewedding ceremony. In 1871, after three years of a misera-ble married existence, he put an end to his life by blowingout his brains in his young wifes bedroom and in herpresence. From that time forward she devoted herself entirely to herbrother, the late Alfonso XII., to whom she was united bybonds of the very deepest affection. When he became Kingin 1874 she accompanied him to Madrid, and resuming herrank of Princess of the Asturi
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