. 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. ce of His Royal Highness at the marriage ofMr. Leopold de Rothschild caused much satisfaction and somesensation in Jewish circles, for no British prince had visited asynagogue since 1809, when three of the Royal dukes were presentat a Jewish service. The Rothschild family have long been amongthe Princes personal friends, both in England and on the Continent,and among his intimates was the late Baron Hirsch, with whomhe stayed
. 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. ce of His Royal Highness at the marriage ofMr. Leopold de Rothschild caused much satisfaction and somesensation in Jewish circles, for no British prince had visited asynagogue since 1809, when three of the Royal dukes were presentat a Jewish service. The Rothschild family have long been amongthe Princes personal friends, both in England and on the Continent,and among his intimates was the late Baron Hirsch, with whomhe stayed in Austria, notwithstanding the intense anti-Semitic feel-ing obtaining at the Austrian Court. The Prince of Wales hasthoroughly studied the question of the Russian Jews, and hasinterested himself on their behalf in such a way as should earn forhim the gratitude of every Jew in Europe and America. Neverthe-less, the Princes predilection for the Chosen People has been some-times misinterpreted, and ascribed to not very creditable were at one time fond of saying that the Prince was up tothe neck in debt, but, on the question being directly asked, Sir. The Prince of Wales as Colonel of the i8th Hussars From a Photograph by , published by Gregory 176 THE PRINCE OF WALES Francis Knollys, the private secretary of the Prince, replied thatthe Prince had no debts worth speaking of, and that he could payany moment every farthing he owed ; also, that there was not aword of truth in the oft-repeated tales of the mortgage on Sandring-ham, and that the whole story was a fabrication, and was on a parwith similar tales representing the Prince as being assisted byfinanciers of more or less doubtful honesty. For Americans the Prince of Wales has also shown a strongliking, but it is false to assert that his favour has been confined tothose American men and women whose social position has beenentirely purchased by their wealth. He has frequently gone out ofhis way to show sp
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