Show VIE OF FUEDERICK t i of queen victorias Daug liter who is now a widow london daily neus soon after the crown princess had I 1 arrived in her new home E anglish and prussian policy began to biffi e r more find more till the division in 41 the schleswig question in threatened to end in war il the feelings of the young princess for her new fatherland were at first a f very mu ch tried but bow enthusiastic and how prussian she seemed to be at the 0 coronation in in oct g f the next daf th e crown is princess sent her mother a live y ta description of the ceremony it was really a splendid sight abe writes the king william looked 0 so handsome and so noble with the dr crown on his head it seemed to la suit him so well the queen also 16 looked beautiful and did everything the had to do with perfect grace and looked very it was ati affecting moment when the king took the crown I 1 think there was not one dry eyela the church nt lord clarendon on his part th could not admire enough the crown princea demeanor ry the prominent feature of the aul ve ceremony was the manner in which re tie princess royal rendered homage tat eking 1 I donot hy to to your majesty he re writes the delicate grace and ewo ith ott tion with which her royat ile gave expression to her feelings on as this occasion blany older and younger men who had the same in in the princess royal as I 1 had were equally trica pablo of illg their feelings at an act which to I 1 was so touching because it was so 51 spontaneous and sincere 0 biord clarendon was astonished antl itt the statesmanlike and compre bensine views which hei royal high ilera had formed on the foreign and the home politics of prussia as well as lore ou the duties of a constitutional me cne king the follows ag incident shows us 40 tendency or the empress vic studies the english geology Lyell was received rece ired by the crown princess in 1864 lie found that she was well acquainted with the latest researches in natural philosophy she had read his principles of geology and the antiquity of man she wivi quite familiar writes lyell to darwin with the origin of species and with flux leys borks vo in the war of the two sisters tile crown princess of prussia and princess alice were on opp sides the sister of the crown rince fladen was alad on the prussian side the cronyn printess himself did not wish for this war iab bitress di tress of the crown prince princess writes dr in his jubilee aremo irs began long before ouri as they saw the storm for them a winter full the short anxious time we bad in 1866 for their stake atis the high cat but when the fight for the browtt began the heir to is had to riak his life like the rest of us I 1 he ladies also played a teal part in the french war the delay m carrying out the saige of paris created not only among the people but also in some mili tary circles it especially vexed prince 13 ismark when the empress and the crown and often also the grand a of baden and rene met at hamburg in order to be near the rhine there was no place in germany where the news basmore talked about more cried over wore rejoiced over than in the old castle nit the heights bat anxiety and care always outweighed joy even at the greatest triumphs for here the beavy imes of the whole countr were felt here also borrow for Z human and other sacrifices which the bombardment of paris might cost outweighed all other consider scions the empress augusta after the war showed much sympathy for the french it grieved her that such a bitter carrity should separ ate both nations |