Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1910 — BRITISH ROYALTY. [ARTICLE]

BRITISH ROYALTY.

Expenses of the royal household are >875,000 a year. Since the Conquest, only three heirs to tbe English throne have married English women. Until King Edward’s death. May was the only month which had not seen the death of any British monarch. King George, like* King Edward, was a second child. His elder brother, the duke of Clarence, died January 13, 1892. Probably not one man in a thousand dies in the house in which he was born. King Edward was born and died at Buckingham palace. King George is the thirty-eighth ruler of his country since the Conquest Six men were murdered, two executed, and four died violent deaths from wounds. For forty years King Edward had a seat in the house of lords, yet he only recorded one vote, that being on the question of . marriage with a deceased wife’s sister. Six British rulers have died in the sixth month of the year. It is a curious fact that the sixth day has also been unlucky for royalty. Henry 11. died on July 6, Richard I. on April 6, Edward VI. on July 6, Charles 11. on February 6, and Edward VII. on May 6.