America, a democratic crowd in, 235-6 the author in, 222 _et seq._ the Press of, 232, 235 the railways in, 233
Antoine of Orléans, Archduke, 68 _et seq._, 74, 99 marries the Infanta Eulalia, 100 separated from his wife, 238-239
Aosta, the Dowager Duchess of, 218 _et seq._
“Blood Royal,” prerogatives of, 3-4, 11, 31, 32 _et seq._, 62, 63, 84
Bonaparte, Princess Lætitia (_See_ Aosta, Dowager Duchess)
Carlo, Don, and the Spanish succession, 49-51
Connaught, Princess Margaret of, 204 Princess Patricia of, 130 the Duchess of, 130 the Duke of, 129
Constantinople, the Kaiser’s visit to, 151
Court diplomats, 87-9 life, anomalies of, 105 _et seq._ life in England, 110-12, 129
Cuba, 222, 225 _et seq._ Spanish corruption in, 229-30
Democracy and arbitration, 247 and monarchy, 244 education and, 180 in Denmark, 205, 208 in England, 123, 132 in Norway, 190 _et seq._ in Russia, 160
Denmark, democracy in, 205, 208 the King of, 205, 207
Edinburgh, the Duchess of (now Duchess of Coburg), 131
Edward VII., King, 112 and the _entente cordinale_, 127 and the Kaiser, 114, 134, 137, 138 entertains the Author, 129 his American and Jewish friends, 132 his punctuality, 129
England and Germany, industrial and commercial rivalry between, 114 and Socialism, 253 and the English, 106 _et seq._ author’s visits to, 108 and the question of disarmament, 248 changing customs in, 120 country life in, 116 _et seq._ democracy in, 123, 132 her international affairs, 127 love of extravagance in, 115-16, 132, 247 strikes and internal disorders in, 113, 248 taxing the wealthy in, 251 the aristocracy of, 110, 115, 132 the charm of home and country, 117 the landlord system in, 122 the veneration of Royalty in, 131
English, author’s views of the, 114 Court, the, a canon of Court etiquette, 131 character of the, 114, 125 diplomats, 89 Royal Family, the, 111 the, their superiority in diplomacy, 126
Escurial, palace of the, 26 _et seq._ Alfonso XII. buried in, 97 arrival of Royal Family at, 28 interment of Queen Mercedes in, 90 Royal tombs in, 28
Eulalia, the Infanta, a guest at Sandringham, 129 a separation from her husband, 238-9 Alfonso XII. and, 7, 18, 21, 27, 35, 44-5, 64, 66, 68, 74, 81, 90 _et seq._ and Court etiquette, 31-2 and democracy, 179, 244 and Izzet Pasha, 151 and Edward VII., 128 _et seq._