THE FUTURE OF KING MANOEL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 954, 14 February 1911, Page 4

THE FUTURE OF KING MANOEL.

(The Daily Mail-) We are informed that although King Mancel has withdrawn himself from the public gaze, and for the time being is content to live within the charming precincts of Wood Norton, it must not be imagined for one moment that he is faltering in his intention to be true to his great destiny—the Sovereignship of Portugal. That his country will call for him to take his seat once more on the royal throne of his fathers his Majesty is convinced, and, in the manner of an enlightened monarch, King Manoel has decided that when the time comes he shall be fit in training and experience to accept the call and worthily uphold the best traditions of his race.

It must not be imagined that the youthful exiled monarch is spending all his time at Evesham in giving way to melancholy, or even in shooting birds and entertaining sympathetic friends. King Manoel is planning out his future, making arrangements for his immediate present, and scheming schemes for the resumption of his royal throne. We are informed that the Portuguese King will employ his time in training himself in scholarship and diplomacy and all the arts of statecraft.

In January next King Manoel will quit for good Wood Norton and settle in his own house at Richmond, which has just been vacated by Kaid Sir Harry Maclean. From Richmond his Majesty, expecting no special privileges, will attend lectures at Oxford University and other centres of learning.

He will not attempt to obtain a degree, but since the young King’s tastes and inclinations are strongly literary and scientific in character, his regular attendance at academic lectures may be counted upon with certainty.

His Majesty will to a certain extent enter into the life of the university, and will not be behindhand in taking the keenest interest in the sporting side of ’varsity life. When he ceases to attend lectures at various universities, King Manoel will make a tour of the world, and make a special study of British colonel methods. He will visit Australia, Alrica, Canada, America, and the Far East. During this time he will travel as a private individual, with the object of personally inquiring into the different systems of Government obtaining among the overseas colonies of the various European Powers, and of seeing something of the marvellous regeneration of the Far East. His interest in the United States will also be purely that of a student of affairs of government. It is not his desire to be feted or entertained: he does not desire that any fuss should be made of him. He will travel from country to country in ordinary ocean liners, and from place to place in ordinary trains. When his tour is over King Manoel will return to England and there decide upon his future movements.