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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1892. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... all expectations, and, by her remarkable tact and judgment, as well as by her blameless private life and devotion to her children, has won a large share of the hearts of the most chivalrous people of Europe. Unlike most of the people of her adopted country, she rises early, and is generally dressed and drinking her morning chocolate by seven o'clock. From that hour until ten she is devoted exclusively to her three children, the eleven and nineyear-old Princesses and the six-year-old King, being present during their bath and toilet, at their breakfast, their morning devotions, and arranging with their English, Spanish and Austrian governesses for the programme of the day. Sharp at ten o'clock she returns to her morning-room, a handsome apartment, the windows of which open out upon the precipitous declivity overhanging the River Manzuares by five hundred feet of solid rock, while in the far distance are to be seen the snow-capped peaks of the Guadama Mountains. The first of the great dignitaries to be received is the Grand Master of the Palace, the Duke of Medina Sidonia, who takes the Queen's orders for the day. Immediately afterward the Captain-General of Madrid, and the two field-officers for the twenty-four hours, call to make their report that " all is well," and to receive the "parole du jour" or the password with which the guard is relieved. Every day at eleven, excepting on Thursday, when the Queen-Regent presides at the weekly Cabinet Council, Her Majesty gives audience to two members thereof together, for the purpose of affixing her signature to the various decrees, patents and State papers on which it is required. This curious custom, which prevails only in Spain, of always receiving two Ministers together, instead of one alone, or, at any rate, one at ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150391729
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 150
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150391723
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 281 gr


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