OUR NEW KING.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 261, 21 May 1910, Page 3

OUR NEW KING.

Another View. On the domestic side the heir to the British throne is all that could be desired by the most loving Englishman (stated a recent tribute to his domestic virtues.) It undoubtedly is a fact that when he was a young sailor at Malta, with no hope of ever succeeding to the throne, he married the daughter of a commoner. That marriage was legal enough then, but the death of his brother immediately made it void and the prince had to separate from his first wife, who was provded for generously. The royal bride selected for him was Princess May of Teck, who had been engaged previously to his brother, and unlike many such marriage 3 of state, their union has turned out an ideal one. "In fact (it was remarked) all that we can complain of is that the prince is too domestic for a man in his position. He is never seen at the clubs, and seldom at the theatre or the opera. His idea of a pleasant evening is to sit at home by the fire, with a book, while his wife sits at his side with her knitting. He cares for nothing in the way of amusement or sport, as it is generally understood, except for shooting, and he has a perfect passion for that. But even shooting won't induce him to accept an invitation from any of the new nobility or the others of whom the King was so fond.' It is a safe prediction that his Court will be a much quieter one than his father's, but the names of those about it will be much more familiar to those who have studied English history."