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Title: The boyhood of a great king, 1841-1858 : an account of the early years of the life of His Majesty Edward VII
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916
Subjects: Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Publisher: London and New York : Harper and Brothers
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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was now time for the question of the educationof the royal infants, as Haut Ton insistedon calling them, to engross the attention of theirfather and mother, indeed a discussion concerningit had commenced as far back as 1840, after thebirth of the Princess Royal. The whole subject,which is as interesting as it is important, will bedealt with in the next chapter. The early part of 1843 was spent at Claremont,whither the Princess Royal travelled in the samecarriage with the Queen and Prince Albert withoutany nurse or attendant whatever. The Prince ofWales, however, seems to have remained at Windsor. * Princess Clementina is now (1906) the only survivor of thenumerous children of King Louis Philippe and Queen Marie Amdlie.Her sister Louise was in 1842 the second wife of the Uncle Leopold of Queen Victorias correspondence. Born only two years afterWaterloo and now on the eve of becoming a nonagenarian she is to-daya living link between the reign of George IIL and that of KingEdward VIL 132
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(C Punch and his Pencillings The Court returns to Windsor at the end of January,and it was not till Tuesday, March 7, that it removed to Buckingham Palace, the PrincessRoyal travelling with the Queen and Prince Albert,the Prince of Wales being accompanied by DowagerLady Lyttelton. Mr. Punch once more appearsto take a kindly interest in the Heir Apparent. InHis Pencilling LXIV., entitled, The First Tooth,the venerable Archbishop of Canterbury is depictedin the act of presenting a row of toy soldiers to thePrince—Queen Victoria triumphantly pointing tothe fresh development. The caricature is badlydrawn by Kenny Meadows, who gives the infantPrince a preposterous cap surmounted by threefeathers. Then we have a Royal Nursery Circu-lar, from which the following items are culled : The Prince of Wales was safely delivered of atooth one day last week, when Sir Charles Ross,the miniature painter, received instructions fordrawing it. The Prince of Wales was rather fretful onThursday last, and

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