T. R. H.
THE
PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.
CHAPTER I.
THE PRINCE'S BIRTH, CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD.
George Frederick Ernest Albert of Wales was born at Marlborough House on June 3, 1865. The event took place at eighteen minutes past one on a Saturday morning; and on the same day appeared in the London Gazette the official announcement setting forth that in addition to the Prince of Wales, the then Lord Chamberlain, and the Princess of Wales's Lady-in-Waiting were in attendance; the Secretary of State not arriving till the Royal baby had been, safely launched into the world. The public became aware that a Prince had been born to the Heir-Apparent and his Princess by the firing of the park and Tower guns; and much gratification was felt and expressed that
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