King Edward Vii His Life And Reign Vol 6

Author : Edgar Sanderson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656236824
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book King Edward VII, Vol. 3 written by Edgar Sanderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from King Edward VII, Vol. 3: His Life and Reign; The Record of a Noble Career Roman Catholics. His Holiness courteously granted the Princess permission to visit any nunnery she might select, and, by a rare act of indulgence, he authorized her to be accompanied by the members of her suite. On Good Friday, the royal pair, with the Queen of Denmark and Princess Thyra, attended service at the English Protestant chapel outside the Porta del Popolo. Many visits were paid to persons of distinction and to points of interest in the Eternal City, and a great Court banquet was given to the Earl and Countess of Chester by King Victor Emmanuel. Dr. Poore, the physician in attendance, was able by this time to report a marked improvement in the health of the Prince. After many visits to interesting places, including art studios, the royal party, on April 8, left Rome for Florence, whence they made an excursion to Pisa, and left, on April 15, for Milan. Thence they travelled to Venice, back to Milan, and on to Geneva, which was reached on May I7. There they were joined by the Danish royal family, and in the last week of May they were again in Paris, making frequent explorations, and being everywhere received with the respect due to a strict incognito. The restoration of the Prince was now complete, and on June I4 he and his wife landed at Dover. At Marlborough House he took up his ordinary course of life in the London season It was not long, however, before the heir apparent resumed his usual work of attendance at places and on occasions where the ends of public utility could be served. On June 6 he repaired, for two days, to Great Yarmouth, where he had a fine reception from the citizens, with the usual accompaniments of a general holiday and profuse decoration of the town and the shipping in the harbour. He opened the new Grammar School, a foundation of Edward the Sixth, and expressed his constant satisfaction in assisting, in whatever form it may be, in the great work of education He also made an official inspection of the Norfolk Artillery Militia, of which he had been, in the previous year, appointed honorary colonel, and, in his speech, referring to his restoration to health, he expressed the h0pe that he might do all he could to. Be of use to his countrymen. On June 19 the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.