ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.
London, Feb. 28. King Edward lias given six months’ notice to the entire household of the late Queen, indicating at the same time that there will' bo no reappointments from among them. Intrigues for coveted court posts, which under the new regime will carry immense social influence and advantages, are already rampant. The King’s personal friends —Reuben Sassoon (the rich Parsec), Lord Carrington, Mrs George Keppel, and Alfred Rothschild —are plagued with appeals in support of candidates for posts in the Royal entourage, but it is believed that the King will make his own selections independent of solicitation. This far King Edward has taken everything into his own hands in the most masterful way. He works indefatigably himself, and- insists on State officials imitating his example. His Majesty’s order that all presentations during the last reign shall hold good for his own is quite unprecedented. It is issued mainly out of consideration for the large number of Americans on the court list, which he is specially anxious not to diminish,
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 75, 3 April 1901, Page 1
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