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CONTENTS VOLUME II Page CHAPTER IX. MARRIAGE - - i 1863 Prince takes his Seat in the House of Lords Marriage Treaty with the King of Denmark Parliamentary Grants How the Prince met his Bride The Betrothal The Princess Alexandra "The People's Dowry" The Princess's Journey to Britain The Prince receives her at Gravesend Her Journey to London London's Reception Journey to Windsor Wedding in St. George's Chapel The Marriage Procession The Scene in the Chapel Queen Victoria's Arrival The Bridegroom's Arrival The Bride's Arrival The Marriage Ceremony Departure for Osborne National Festivities Edinburgh's Illuminations Mr. Frith's Difficulties John Gibson Removal of Remains of the Prince Consort to Frogmore Stanley at Sandringham. CHAPTER X. PUBLIC DUTIES AND DOMESTIC INCIDENTS 19 1863-1864 St. James's Palace "Our Court of St. James's" Events in the Palace The Present Building Marlborough House Its History Queen Adelaide and Marlborough House Fitted up for the Prince Fire in Marlborough House Description of the House State Visit to the Opera Royal Academy Banquet The Prince's Reply Freedom of the City of London A Splendid Supper A Moonlight Scene " Commemoration " at Oxford The University Rifle Corps Prince receives Degree of D.C.L. Varied Festivities " House-warming" The Guards' Ball British Orphan Asylum The Prince joins the National Rifle Association Wimbledon and Bisley Freedom of Mercer's Company Halifax Town Hall opened Skating at Windsor Premature Birth of a Son Baptism of Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward War between Denmark and Prussia The Royal Literary Fund At Eton College "Glorious Goodwood" Extension of the London Hospital Abergeldie Castle A Visit to Denmark Stockholm Return by Germany and Belgium Sandringham. iii