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...Crown Prince of Germany, often alluded to as "Little Willie," celebrated his forty-first birthday on the Isle of Wieringen (off the coast of North Holland) by giving the inhabitants signed photographs, souvenirs, sketches drawn by himself...
Hungary is reported to be on the brink of a revolution. The principal reason given is that there is a widespread distrust of the present Government. The rapidly falling crown has also a good deal to do with the discontent...
...reason for the great attachment of the peasants to the Habsburg family is not sentimental but religious. In 1001 Pope Silvester II gave King Stephen I a crown (which is still used) in recognition of his invaluable work in constructing Hungary, cementing the Magyar nationality and firmly establishing the Hungarian Church-Roman Catholic. The Habsburgs, having worn the Holy Crown, are the only family that are eligible to ascend the throne-so think the peasants. The attachment of the peasants is not to a royal family but to the Crown, which means everything to them...
...race than the royal finger in a ring. He can scarce raise an eyebrow but the whole world notes the new slant, a dozen ladies are waiting for the word;--he smiles with appreciation and goes on with his game. He merely enters another Derby, carries a bobbing crown over hedges and dumps it in a creek...
Among the brilliant assembly invited to the castle were the King and Queen of Norway and Prince Olaf, Norwegian Crown Prince; the ex-Crown Princess of Germany, bister of Queen Alexandrine, and her children; Prince Vlademer, King Christian's brother; the Duke and Princess of Cumberland...