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CHAP T ER II.
THE ROA7AL FAMILY.
Hi§ Majesty The King-Emperor.
His Majesty the King-Emperor George V owes much of his
great popularity throughout the Empire to the democratic training
which he received in his youth. Born at Marlborough House on
•June 3rd, 1863, the second son of the Prince of Wales, he had no
immediate prospect of ascending the Throne. His training, therefore,
followed a rather different course than it would have taken had he
been Heir-Apparent, and he led a care-free life.
The late King Edward, brought up in the old-fashioned way, at
which a man of his spirit could not but have chafed, gave his own
children freedom to develop individuality and self-dependence. Thus
it came to pass that the young Prince, who is now our King-Emperor,
was brought up in a healthy and natural way, and was, as he grew
older, given ’a naval training, deliberately chosen for him by his
father, because he considered that naval discipline would not only
prepare him for the exercise of authority but would also inspire in
him respect for the authority of others. it is said that the late
King Edward always regretted that lie had not been sent to sea in
his youth.
Prince George was not twelve years old when in January, 1877,
he became a naval cadet on H. M S. Ilrilamiia at Dartmouth. He
had an inborn love for the sea, stimulated by reading Charles
Kingsley’s stories, and took to his work with avidity. It is related
of him that he would, at this stage, beg the seamanship instructors
not to bother about his elder brother, who would one day be King
THE ROA7AL FAMILY.
Hi§ Majesty The King-Emperor.
His Majesty the King-Emperor George V owes much of his
great popularity throughout the Empire to the democratic training
which he received in his youth. Born at Marlborough House on
•June 3rd, 1863, the second son of the Prince of Wales, he had no
immediate prospect of ascending the Throne. His training, therefore,
followed a rather different course than it would have taken had he
been Heir-Apparent, and he led a care-free life.
The late King Edward, brought up in the old-fashioned way, at
which a man of his spirit could not but have chafed, gave his own
children freedom to develop individuality and self-dependence. Thus
it came to pass that the young Prince, who is now our King-Emperor,
was brought up in a healthy and natural way, and was, as he grew
older, given ’a naval training, deliberately chosen for him by his
father, because he considered that naval discipline would not only
prepare him for the exercise of authority but would also inspire in
him respect for the authority of others. it is said that the late
King Edward always regretted that lie had not been sent to sea in
his youth.
Prince George was not twelve years old when in January, 1877,
he became a naval cadet on H. M S. Ilrilamiia at Dartmouth. He
had an inborn love for the sea, stimulated by reading Charles
Kingsley’s stories, and took to his work with avidity. It is related
of him that he would, at this stage, beg the seamanship instructors
not to bother about his elder brother, who would one day be King