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Coming of British King and Queen recalls royal US visits
A historical essay traces royal visits by Albert Edward Prince of Wales in 1860 and the later Prince of Wales in 1919, detailing public receptions from New York and Boston to Mount Vernon and White Sulphur Springs, with bustling balls, daring exploits, and a note on the two princes’ similar temperaments and public warmth.
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United States
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
England
Atlantic
Canada
North America
House of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Victoria
America
Bertie
George III
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Mathew B. Brady
Washington
L. C. Handy
Renfrew
New York City
Barnum’s Museum
Prince
Boston
Ralph Farnham
Bunker Hill
Harvard
Longfellow
Holmes
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
White House
James Buchanan
Buchanan
Harriet Lane
Potomac
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Baron Renfrew
Washington Society
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Virginia
Royal
Albert Edward
Edward VIII
Duke of Windsor
Woodrow Wilson
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Thomas R. Marshall
Robert E. Lansing
Gayéty
Greenbrier
Spring House
Duke of Newcastle
Queen Victoria
Laura C. Holloway