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Title: The boyhood of a great king, 1841-1858 : an account of the early years of the life of His Majesty Edward VII
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916
Subjects: Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Publisher: London and New York : Harper and Brothers
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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the nation. His generositydid not at once meet with the reward it merited,for the press continued to carp at a good manymuch needed reforms in which he was then engaged,and the Laureate is supposed to condole with hisever busy equerries in a sympathetic sonnet of whichthe following is a specimen: Anson and Bouverie, unhappy pair !\ ■ How grievously it wounds the feeling heart * * * * Albert, your gracious Prince, is not a Turk ;Then why not beg him to abate your work ? Punch continues his attentions to the Prince ofWales, and thus alludes to an interview with theKing of the Netherlands, who sojourns for a fewdays at Buckingham Palace : The King of theNetherlands having expressed a desire to see leschevreuils de la Reine^ was conducted to the royalnursery, where he had an audience of the Princeof Wales. It was explained to His Majesty thatthe royal infant was le lihre de la couronne (the heirto the crown). He was invited by His RoyalDiminutiveness to inspect his set of ring-taws. 178
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^ Mr. Punch as Regent-Extraordinary The King of the Netherlands asked if they were thecelebrated Elgin marbles. The Queen and Prince Albert had for some timemeditated a visit to Coburg and Germany, andon the day of their departure for the Continen(August 8, 1845) Her Majesty makes the followingentry in her journal : August 8.—A very fine morning when we gotup. Both Vicky and Alice were with me while Idressed. Why am I not going to Germany ? askedthe eldest. Most willingly would I have takenher, and wished much to have taken one of dearestAlberts children to Coburg ; but the journey isa serious undertaking, particularly the first time,and she is very young, too ; but what chieflydecides me is a visit to the King of Prussia, whereI could not have looked after her. It was on the occasion of this brief absence fromhome that the Queen commenced writing lettersto her children—to the five-year-old Princessfirst of all. Mr. Punch, who so heroicallyassumed the role of tutor-in-ordinary to

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