THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 979, 21 November 1910, Page 9

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

SOME CHARACTERISTICS. The., Prince of Wales, standing, as ho Sn?" of his public career, occupies a position of peculiar and whot i.- er J n, , romalltic intmst in the minds of his father's subjects, as did his Uustnous grandfather, whoso name he "JITP " Same says n T '' riter in '

In appearance, the Prince of Wales bears a distinct likeness to the late King when his Majesty was his age, though Ms Royal ilißliness is rather fnirer anil of slighter DUlld than, was Kins Edward when a boyi and the Prince's features aro sharper; but thohoir to. the. Throne has unquestionably inherited his grandfather's expressive eyes. This fact is especially noticeable when the Princo is amused;.then

his eyes become laughter-lit and the blue deepens, and his whole expression very t «f(. r « alls t!lat of tlle Princ e of Wales °i m\ 7 "*"? y . enrs n & o ' ' Ine upbringing and education -of the future monarch is being conducted on different .lines, from those followed in the Sfffr tfpitiing pf-thG late King. .King Ldwnrd, I believe, was always of the'opinWthat he himself was brought up over stnv'v. . : ■■TheX;-Msent"heir 'to tho Throne has boon, and is being, allowed to exercise nis-. own judgment :in many matters which the lato King had decided for him by his tutors or parents. Hβ is of a moro reserved disposition than.was his grandfather as a boy, and is, undoubtedly, more studious than was his • grandsire when. a boy; but, ■ I -believe, that is because his Eoyal Highness has never been forced to study as was the late King, upon whom great pressure was put by his tutors in his early.days. As a matter of; fact,- though the Prince of Wales could:;"read, and write/at .five, years old, no pressure at all-was put) on him to acquire any" knowledge froiir books' until he was six yeaTs old, and e'ven then his studies.'were never made unduly severe. .'.?.■ * . . Though l 'move reserved than the late King, the Prince of Wales, inherits that genial frankness of manner which was one of his grandsiro's special characteristics. When very' , much amused, he.jias a way of putting his hands' behind , **his back when ho laughs exactly as the late lung often used'.to. do, a , little habit of tho Prince's that: has been noticed with much interest by members of Hie Kojai Family. ,-■...... ; ■■ The love of his home is, indeed, playing a very important part in tho formation"' of tho character of thfe heir, to tho British Throne, and liis great affection for his only sister has been a potent influence for good in. his young life. Fond as King: Edward was of his sisters, he never, as a boy, inado a companion of any of the Princesses as the Prince of Wales has of the Princess Mary, who has joined him in countless sporting expeditions .with gun and rod; and these home influences in tho Prince's.lifo have tended to strengthen, not to weaken, liis manliness of character.

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