THE ROYAL PRINCES.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3621, 4 August 1880, Page 3

THE ROYAL PRINCES.

Prince George of Wales, who is about to Visit us as the representative of Royalty, is aaid to have taken with remarkable kindliness to the life of a British' naval "youngster" from the first, aui accommodated himself to the manners and customs of the species. When, he and Prince Albert Victor first joined the training-ship Britannia (says the correspondent of a Victorian paper), their fellow cadets, with boyish malice, and a Tile attempt at a pun on the title of the heir-apparent, nicknamed them " Herring" and " Sprat," the former name being given to Prince George, who, though the younger, was•lightly more sturdy in physique. " Don't yon call me ' Herring' again," said Prince George to the youthful scion of a noble Irish family, who had made himself conspicuous by the use of the use of the offensive soubriquet. " Herring," promptly retorted the audacious youngster. The authorities were evaded, a secluded spot was sought, and royal and noble blood flowed together, without, however, much damage being done on either side. The moral of the story is that" boys will be boys" whatever their rank, but it also illustrates the manner in which the younger members of our Royal Family are brought up —a manner certainly congenial to English ideas on the subject of boyish training, and rery different to that in which the majority of continental princelings are nurtured.