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THE ROYAL FAMILY. ascended the throne on the death of her uncle, King William the Fourth, June 20th, 1837. Her Majesty was crowned in Westminster Abbey, June 28th, 1838, and married, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, February 10th, 1840, His Royal Highness Prince FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Coburg and Gotha, K.G., who died December 14th, 1861, and has issue, living, VICTORIA ADELAIDE MART LOUISA, Princess Royal of England, Duchess of Saxony, born Nov. 21st, 1840; married Jan. 25th, 1858, His Royal Highness FREDERICK WILLIAM NICHOLAS CHARLES, Prince Imperial of Germany, K.G., and has issue living, two sons and four daughters. ALBERT EDWARD, Prince of Wales, (see page 3.) ALICE MAUD MARY, Duchess of Saxony, born April 25th, 1843 ; married July 1st, 1862, His Royal Highness Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM Louis OF HESSE, K.G., nephew of Louis III. Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, and has issue two sons and five daughters. Residence, Isle of Wight. ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT, Duke of Edinburgh, (see page 4.) HELENA AUGUSTA VICTORIA, Duchess of Saxony, born May 25th, 1846; married July 5th, 1866, His Royal Highness Prince FREDERICK CHRISTIAN CHARLES AUGUSTUS of' Schleswig-Holstein Sonderbourg- Augustenbourg, K.G., a Major-Gen, in the British Army, and has issue two sons and two daughters.* Residence, Frogmore, Windsor. LOUISE CAROLINE ALBERTA, Duchess of Saxony, born March 18th, 1848 ; married March 22nd, 1871, JOHN GEORGE EDWARD HENRY DOUGLAS SUTHERLAND CAMPBELL, Marquess of Lome, M.P., eldest son of the 8th Duke of Argyll. Town Residence, Kensington Palace, W. Seat, Dornden, Tunbridge Wells. ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT, Duke of Connaught. (see page 5.) LEOPOLD GEORGE DUNCAN ALBERT, K.G., K.T., P.C , Duke of Saxony, Prince of Coburg and Gotha. Born April 7th, 1853. Seat, Boyton Manor, Wiltshire. BEATRICE MARY VICTORIA FEODORE, Duchess of Saxony, born April 14th, 1857. grins Quarterly : 1st and 4th, gules, three lions passant guardant, in pale, or, England ; 2nd, or, a lion rampant, within a double tressure, flory counterflory, gules, Scotland; 3rd, azure, a harp, or, stringed, argent, Ireland ; the whole encircled with the Garter. Crest, Upon the royal helmet the Imperial crown, proper, thereon statant guardant, or, a lion, imperially crowned, also proper. Supporters Dexter, a lion rampant guardant, or, crowned as the crest ; sinister, an unicorn, argent, armed, crined, and unguled, or, gorged with a coronet composed of crosses patees and flem-s-cle-lis, a chain affixed thereto, passing between the fore-legs, and reflexed over the back, of the last. Palaces,- Windsor-castle, Berkshire ; Osborne-house, Isle of Wight ; Balmoral, Scot- land; Buckingham-palace, S.W.

  • By Royal warrant the children of Prince and Princess Christian are to hold and

enjoy the title, and attribute, of " Highness " prefixed to their Christian names, or any titles of honour which may belong to them.