The King.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 94, 30 April 1901, Page 2

The King.

London, March 18. King Edward’s transformation is the wonder of the age. He is modelling himself exactly upon the Ivaiser. Nothing is more astonishing than the serious way in which he regards his position as head of the English Church. He attends early service eyery morning, to the intense inconvenience 1 and'disgust of his entourage. He rises at 5 to begm his official work, sleeps ninety minutes after lunch, and retires at. 10.30. His whole time is busily occupied, and he has daily reports from all the leading State departments, a custom which foil into complete desuetude under the Queen. Its revival is constituting a serious nuisance to the Ministers. He is asserting his prerogatives and privileges in every possible way, and 'insisted, in the face of Lord Salisbury’s on ‘app'ointing Wilmington Ingram as Bishop of London because pf his piety and devotion to the poor. Salisbury wanted merely a scholarly divine of the usual type. The King had his first luncheon party at Marlborough House on Monday,when he had Lord and Lady Carrington and Mrs George Keppel as his guests. Queen Alexandra, who displays great friendli; ness for Mrs Keppel, was also there. Among his other activities he has ordered reports from all the great State officials on their duties in connection with the coronation, of which, having only the vaguest idea, they have been getting instructions from the College of Heralds.