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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 334, 4 February 1911, Page 6

Princess Alexander of Teck is the latest member of the Royal Family to take to golf. Fond of open-air lite and outdoor games and active exercise, she is a good walker, rides fairly i well, and may often be seen driving herself about the country lane in a ; light cart drawn by a handsome pony. ! She plays croquet well, and now she • is learning the fine points of golf j from the professional of the Royal i Club at Windsor, Jas. Longhurst. | Only daughter of the Duchess of AI- \ bany, the Princess' marriage to the < handsome and popular Prince Alex- : ander took place in 1904, and, unlike ; many weddings in high places, it was ; a true love match. The Prince and j Princess now have three children, two j sons and a daughter. The Princess is \ noted for the fact that she is one of j the most studious of living princesses. ; Before her marriage in February, j 190S, Lady Ardee was the inseparable companion"of her father and mother on all their travels as well as at home, j She shares her father's enthusiasm ! for the sea, and also for Ireland; in i fact, so devoted is she to her native j country that she does not care at all , for the ordinary society round of | London life. At her father's lovely j seat near Limerick —Adare Manor— ; Lady Ardee ostablsihed a violet farm, j which flourished exceedingly and be ! came a recognised source of supply for j the big markets. A particularly ! fearless and graceful horsewoman ! Lady Ardee has hunted a great deal, and many a round of golf has she ; played with hor father at Pau and on | his private course which Lord Dunraven laid out at Adare Manor. Lord Ardee, who is the son and heir of the Earl of Meath, has long served in ■ the Grenadier Guards and takes his : soldiering seriously. Like Lady Ar- j dee, he has a fondness for yachting, j