A ROYAL PRINCE AS A COMMON LABOURER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 275, 14 November 1908, Page 4

A ROYAL PRINCE AS A COMMON LABOURER

■Prince Uitel Friedricli, son of the .(.iceman Kmperor, wlio for -utile weeks past has been leading tlie life of u common labourer, gardening, foiling trees, carpentering, a,nl hricklaying, is one of many Royalties who have proved themselves adepts in manual labour. A good many years ago King Edward himself was an enthusiastic lireman, taking his share in the drilling a'nd drudgery of his 'fellows, and risking Iris life more'thnn once amid the llmnes at l/omlon files. The iPrince of Wales and the lJnke of Comnnight have both proved in recent years that they can ply the shovel of the ntokcr as well as any other man, the former in the stockhold of the indomitable, and the latter 011 11.J1.5. Renown, homeward-bonnd from India. The Khedive lias many a time acted as fireman 011 a passenger-locomotive ; the (lerman Kmperor is an expert carpenter ; and Kill" Victor of Italy excels us ehuull'eur and mechanic. liven Queen Alexander knows what hard manual labour is. Some lime ago, when visiting the Thornliam Ironworks. Norfolk, after watching the workmen for a time, she exclaimed, "I must have a hand in milking this gate,'' and, seizing a hammer, she plied it for several minutes with considerable vigour and skill.