DAUGHTER'S HOME' COMING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 814, 11 May 1910, Page 5

DAUGHTER'S HOME' COMING.

A HUMAN TRAIT OF WEAKNESS. London, May 9. King .Haakon arid Qiieen Maud c Norway. (third . daughter, of ' the lat King) aro at Buckingham Palace. Kin Alfonso is comiiig to England. He-wi! stay at Kqnsirigton Palace.. His wif (Queen Ena,' niece', of the late King)' ' i unable to accompany him: .■ King. George and Queen Mary drore t Victoria Station, where they met Kin Haakon and Queen , Maud;amid sileu crowds. . v (Rec. May. 10, 11.15 p.m.) London, May 10. When they were driving to Vietorii Station both King George arid CJueei Mary looked grave and anxious. Queen Maud on alighting fron the train ivas pale ' and sorrow ful. She- impulsively took tin arm of her brother (King George) as i seeking' someone tc sustain her on mak ing so tragic a return', to her father': home, but, the obligations of Royalty asserting themselves, .she advanced alone to receive the sad official welcome. • : King Haakon and Queen Maud attended a brief devotional service :n. the death-chamber. . King . George, := Queen Marjv the Queen Mother •' Alexandra; Princess' Victoria, the - Princess -Royal, and the .Ducliess of Fife arid ' ter two . daughters wero present. . The Royal shell was kept open to en- | ablo Queen Maud to view her father's features,'.but the last , one to look upon the dead was , the"Queen Mother Alexandra. ' - ■King Edward is the only British King who has died' at Buckingham ...Palacc. (Buckingham Palace was also the late King's birthplace.) The Navy'.wiJl bo in mourning for hall a year. The playing of bands in public will be suspended, likewise bugle salutes.