Foreign News: Sickened Prince

Smart is King George's youngest son Prince George. He thought up in his schooldays a way to outwit Queen Mary. She gave him only four shillings a week pocket money, exacted his word of honor not to borrow. Honorable, he priced his own autograph at two bob (shillings), sold as many as he could, clipped his father's autographs out of letters, priced and sold them for a quid (pound), but his mother's autographs he kept. Smart again, the Prince while serving under a British naval captain chosen by Queen Mary, gave his superior officers...

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