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...Queen Mary, accompanied by Prince George, sampled the loop-the-loop stunt at the Exhibition. After it was over, the Queen mopped her brow, congratulated the driver on his courage and skill. U. S. Ambassador and Mrs. Kellogg gave a dinner and a ball at Crewe House in honor of their niece, Miss Elizabeth Ottiis of St. Paul. Among the 150 guests were the Prince of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of York...
...Secretary of the Prefecture and then as Prefect, successively, of the Departments of the Aube, Doubs and Nord. After that he joined the Corps Diplomatique. He became French Minister Plenipotentiary to Tunis; Ambassador to Madrid, Constantinople and, in 1898, Ambassador to London, where he lived during the reigns of Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V. His task at London was not simple. The Fashoda incident* was a sore point between France and Britain; but this pearl of ambassadors finally managed to smooth things over, and if not too well, he at least avoided a rupture of peaceful relations...
...return the visit to them in Rome last year by King George and Queen Mary, King Vittorio Emanuele and Queen Elena, accompanied by Prince Umberto and Princess Mafalda, hied them to London...
...Queen Mary, many other members of the Royal Family, peers, Cabinet Ministers, Italian diplomats. The greetings exchanged were of marked personal cordiality...
Then followed three days of hectic State formalities. The Italian King and Queen attended a State banquet, laid the inevitable wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, paid homage at the Cenotaph, were present at a State Ball given in their honor, visited the British Empire Exhibition, the Zoo, attended a great luncheon in the Guild Hall. At the Italian Embassy, the Italian Sovereign and his Consort gave a dinner to which the British King and Queen, members of the Royal Family, many Government and distinguished people were invited. They then departed amid volleys of British "Hip, Hip, Hurrahs...