Her Royal Highness, the Infanta Eulalia of Spain, aunt of King Alfonso, has recently observed publicly—that, with the drooping of his whiskers into a beard, Wilhelm of Doorn now "appears at first glance to be none other than the late King Edward VII."
Last week this most notorious of Queen Victoria's grandchildren made a gesture somewhat Edwardian in its expansiveness; he expended a sum estimated at 40,000 florins ($16,000) upon the celebration of his 67th birthday; he received 300 telegrams of congratulation.
Atop the Hohenzollern chateau at...
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