DENMARK'S KING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 275, 17 May 1912, Page 5

DENMARK'S KING

TRAVELLING INCOGNITO. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Berlin, May 15. It now appears that King Frederick went for a short stroll in a Hamburg street, attired in a lounge suit, and was unaccompanied. He walked two hundred yards and then collapsed. He was unable to speak, and was not recognised. His body was taken to the hospital and then to the mortuary, with other unknowns. It was late in the evening before he was missed from tTTe liotel. The Queen and her daughters were alarmed, and an all-night search was made, the adjutant only identifying the body at daybreak.

THE KING AND QUEEN'S SORROW. London, May 15. The King and Queen, who were in deep mourning, drove to Marlborough House and condoled with Queen Alexandra and her sister, the Dowager Empress Marie, of Russia. The King later went to Aldershot, where manoeuvres were carried out. He is only cancelling social pleasures.

King Frederick 111. of Denmark was born on June 3, 1843, being the son of King Christian IX. As Crown Prince he filled the duties of his station with dignity and propriety. Of simple tastes and soldierly bearing, he had yet no austerity nor sternness of manner, and was loved by the people alike for his strong character and his kindness of heart. On July 8, 1869, he married Princess Louise, daughter of King Carl XV. of Sweden and Norway. King Christian lived to a good old age, and King Frederick himself was elderly when he ascended the throne. His reign dates from January 29, 1906 One popular event of the first year after his accession was the visit of < the members of the Icelandic Parliament to Copenhagen. King Frederick had taken the initiative in this matter, and he publicly welcomed the visiting legislators. King Frederick and Queen Louise pad a State vsit to England from June 8 to June 13. 1907, and were entertained at the Guildhall by the Corporation of London. King Frederick was the brother of Queen Alexandra, King George of Greece, and the Dowager-Empress of Russia. King Frederick and Queen Louise had ■even children. Their second son, Prince Karl, married Princess Maud of Great Britain, and was in November, 1905, elected King of Norway and as Haakon VTn. King Frederick is succeeded by his eldest son, Prince Christina, who was born on September 26, 1870, and married on April 26, 1898, to Princess Alexandra of Mecklenburg.