Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1893 — Anecdotes of the Duke of Edinburgh. [ARTICLE]

Anecdotes of the Duke of Edinburgh.

The succession of the Duke of Edinburgh to a ducal throne on the continent has set the papers to telling stories about him. One is, that when commanding the Galatea he called in plain clothes on an admiral; who rebuked him with the stiff greeting: “I should have been very happy to receive your royal highness on any other occasion, but unhappily at this moment I am expecting a visit from the captain of the Galatea.” The duke went back to his ship and put on his uniform, Another story is, that when traveling in Canada he had a guide who had served his brother, and who remarked one day: “The Prince of Wales gave me a splendid gold watch, sir.” “Indeed!” said the duke, “that’s more than he ever did for me.”