KING IN HIS TRUE COLOURS BY EDWARD LEGGE AUTHOR Of THE EfttfftES EUGENIE, l87O-X9XO THE COMEDY AND TRAGEDY Of THE SECOND EMPIRE, ETC. WITH APPRECIATIONS OF EDWARD VII BY COMTS tfllAUSSOlfriLLM tit PAftdimitfruofaiu uul ARM1NIUS rAMB KT Pnfaar tf Orlntoi Logpiagti at BuJafat UtivtriHy ILLUSTRATED BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD COMPANY CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE COACHING OF KING EDWARD King Edwards coaching in diplomacy Some of his numerous coaches w The Emperor Napoleon III at their head, . 7 CHAPTER II THE ENTOURAGE The late Duke of Fife Lord Farquhar Sir Dighton Probyn Lord SuffieldLord Knollys Lord Coventry-Lord Esher Sir Ernest Cassel Advisers, friends and diplomatists Sir William Howard Russell Lord James of Hereford Lord Alfred Paget 35 CHAPTER HI A BELITTLING BIOGRAPHY Some points in the Memoir of King Edward in the Dictionary of National Biography Mr. Asouith, Mr. Balfour, Lord Crewe, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Rosebery, etc., on King Edward M. Poincar s address Extracts from the Times, showing, -his Majestys skill tact, and success as a rulerKing Edward defends his profession w at an audience to the Russian and Italian Ambassadors Effect of the National Biography Memoir in France Mr, Keir Hardie on King Edward ... 49 CHAPTER IV THE PRINCES DEBTS A r surrwi of the statements published in 1891 An authoritative refutation of them ......... 118 CHAPTER V THE BACCARAT CASE The bitter attacks made upon the Prince of Wales shown to have been based upon ignowmc acd made without justification Princes letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury . . vi CONTENTS CHAPTER VI EDWARD VII PAGE An appreciation by Comte dHaussonville, of the Academic fran gaise The political and diplomatic skill of Edward VII as Princeand King Ultimate agreement between England and Russia first sketched by the King His Majesty presents the Marquis de Breteuil to the Empress Marie at St. Petersburg The Empress aids the Kings project Panoramic view of the career of the Roi Pacificateur and First Diplomatist in Europe . 149 CHAPTER VII THE HOME-RULERS OF MARLBOROUGH HOUSE When the Prince and Princess of Wales were willing to reside in Ireland The story of the Home Rulers of Marlborough House Mr. Gladstones statements to a friend of the Author The personages who laid the Home Rule idea before Queen Victoria The Authors proposition to the Press . . . . 175 CHAPTER VIII A COURT AND CABINET IMBROGLIO The story of the late Marquis of Queensberry and the Prince of Wales, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Rosebery, and Lord Kelhead Lord Queensberry follows the Prince to Homburg and accosts him You may write to me - The Marquiss letter to H. R. H. A copy of the original document, given to the Author by Lord Queensberry The circumstances as narrated to the Author by the Marquis 184 CHAPTER IX THE FRIEND OF KINGS Edward VII as the friend of Emperors, Kings, Chiefs of State, and Princes 193 CHAPTER X . TOMAHAWKING THE ROYAL FAMILY Attacks on the Royal Family by the Tomahawk and the Annuals The editor of the Tomahawk Government clerks and the Annuals The Coming K Worthy a Crown Edward VII - The Empty Throne Queen Victoria John Brown 210 CHAPTER XI THE RELIGION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY Edward VIPs devoutness A sturdy Protestant His deep feeling nature Hi emotion at funerals He escorts the Empress Eug iie into a Protestant Church His reverence for religion Cheerful Protestantism The beauty of holiness CONTENTS vii PAGE The Prince attends the funeral ofthe Governor of Poland at St. Petersburg a striking scene The false statements that he was a Roman Catholic The fable that he wore a scapular The religion of the Royal Family . 215 CHAPTER XII THE KING AT HIS BEST When the King was at his best Various opinions His Majesty and the Cowes week The scene in the Solent . . ...