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Title: 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
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947
Subjects: Edward VII, king of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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fwith the greatest zeal into the work, and not only attended all thesittings, which took place in one of the House of Lords CommitteeRooms, but visited, incognito, some of the very poorest quarters ofLondon. It is well known that he was exceedingly anxious to serveon the Labour Commission, but Her Majestys Ministers have alwaysbeen unwilling that the Heir-Apparent should take an active part inmatters connected, even indirectly, with politics, and he has had there-fore constantly to play the part of the Queens deputy without theresponsibilities and interests naturally attaching to the position. It is no exaggeration to say that there are few men now living whopossess better general qualifications for the difficult work of servingon Royal Commissions than the Prince of Wales. He is familiarwith an almost bewildering variety of subjects, and possesses awonderful faculty for almost instinctively grasping the importantfeatures and the really essential points of any matter under discussion.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Duchess of Fife andLady Alexandra Duff From a Photograph by Gunn and Stuart 144 THE PRINCE OF WALES He is a model chairman of a committee, and, though he cannot everdisplay the slightest trace of personal or party feeling, it is wellknown that he follows with intense interest all the political and socialmovements of the day, and it is no secret that he is thoroughly anImperialist. The Princes work on the Housing of the Poor Commission wasparticularly congenial to him, for he has always shown an unaffectedinterest in the working-classes. He has long been an annual sub-scriber to the Working-Mens Club and Institute Union, and is agenerous donor to the Working-Mens College. On one occasionHis Royal Highness was accidentally informed that an exhibitionpromoted by the working-men in South London was somewhatlanguishing for lack of sufficient notice, and unofficially the Princearranged to visit the exhibition. He went through it carefully,buying an

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