- j Chapter IX "fl 111m values r luvslv

‘Present King George. Then Plnce of‘ Walie. ‘spanks present Prince- lsiierla‘ thoughtfulness Provides beit. Coronation Present for King demo-nines of Wales insulted at Berlin. in. Milk-Kitchener" settles‘ dispute between Prince and Prime Minister. 1‘

volumes llavelbeen written about l-lis Royal l-Iighness the Prince of Wlles. His famous tours have been recorded and nearly everybody has hggisn opportunity of seeing his all- winuing smile. _ wdlrnorproposertoiidd" tothis miscellany but "simply want to record ms Royal Highness upon whom I bsvepersonsliy waited. whom I have a few hitherto untold swries- about guarded before, after and during the war. -. .~ 1 ’ Myeerliest experience. with the Prince was, I am afraid. ‘an unpleas- aptlone for lnni. It was in King lildwai-‘dk, ‘days; and I had been ol-l dered to sot as a guard to his lather, then Prince of Wales, when he was vlsiiinrbondon; 1 ‘ .1‘ presented’ myself at Marlborough wen before the then Prince of Wales was due to start and was just in tllneto witness s little comedy—I sin efrsiditwss r.o comedy‘ for our préiint Prln . ‘ " ~ 1,_'I‘hs morning had been wet and the littlaPrince was recovering from a severe chest cold. l-le had asked nu mother's , mission to go out in the gsrilm and play and she, in view oi the fsct that the- grass was wet and realising. the danger to~ his chest, l-‘efusedhim pennlsslon. Then the Prince went into the room where his mau- was ‘slid-lll! wriuna. He settl- "' down before the fire and asked his father u he might re out and play.

l-Ils tether, not knowing that his flitithfl! ‘lied already ‘Nllllfii’ hm iaerinisslonfiook s look out. saw that 1'. was one. add said lie mlsht.

‘Ihe Queen saw hlnl Dlflylnllll l-lle garden and came to. him sskinl what he"rnee.nt by “lriii- 1’

"Dad said r mlgl-lcvnsaid the Prince st-Onoe. ’ 1

_'I'he Queen went straight to the King-who was then lfrince of Wales of ‘course-and explained ‘the posit- imx-‘Our present Kins sent for the Prince at once, gave him‘ s stem "telklrlg to". then lifted hiln upover knee "and gave him -a ‘sound iiidrilrlsrl . 'I‘tle' Prince howled dis- miuyas y other little dlsobedient boyj-‘vveulg under similar‘. e ‘- sidiiebmgbut he soon forlpt‘ _ nd solace ;1"1e_lt,1n J-ttendsnce‘ i‘ n his father I saw him' proudly showlnl Princess Mary a new set of mounted soldles his grandfather had Ilvfill hill the day before. i" 1 '1

The nexttime I came into contact with himivas during King EdWe-rfl’! lasvlllness. .'I'he late King was tro- mendouslyfond of his little grandson and my heart was touched when I sawhim b'elng taken from the royal bed chamber. - ,1

Young tho _ he was, he rcallaed that his grandfather was very. V01‘! ill; theetears welled in his eyes.

. a I . .. . . Prince tales‘ blame int-Cocos‘ Theft At the late King's funeral I was specially chosen w guard the Kaiser "o I sswqllttlaof our Prince then. butsfterwsrds. when the arrayed- meats beingtmade ‘for ‘. the carol-nation, I noticed him frequently. One episode remains in my memory ‘the young Prince wasln the chair. so iojiieek at ssolemn - ' hisbfetliers and sisters in the nurs- ery. may were deoldlnr no le-fl I question than the coronation or Ml they ‘wens to give firs}! daddy. ’. Alliorts ‘nfflililfiitlbils worqput ‘ but finally Prince clfllbilthdsll!‘ his idea. he hum himself to find rains article emlesuty’ worthy onhe oeapslon and a1» the ' time useful. ' his ‘tether would've:

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‘ ‘ 1 . . Formerly of the‘ SpeciaiBrahch, Scotland Yard, and Private Bodyguard id Threo Generat :11: of ‘British Royalty

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her ‘children _tlle‘__'_value‘ ‘of ‘money. She only allowed them a little pocket 1mm!’- Tllfi - K011i l tureclrs cost mlllllt “belts ofsirllnplng econonly blll-‘d¢5l1llc' the fact. ‘that the Prince knew thattherc‘ waalluw lloinduli gent. grandfather io'_replc1iiul1 the‘ "ways and means" department in princely nunner. surreptitiously,‘ n‘ the late King otter‘. did, he was ready to make the sscrifleel ‘ Nothing was too good for ‘his daddy upon this great occasion.‘ _ " _ The tureen was Purchased and duly "presented. I‘ sow ‘the King immediately after he received it. I-Ie was ‘more than ‘pleased. I-ie ‘was

my report wlill a wiry 11111111: hlld I presented it: .

"Very excellent." he said, “but I think/I would put it lll the fire ii I ivere you. You are absolved."

Evidently tllc Prince. u-Ztll cllhr- aétcvlstlc houcsiy, had "lOltl exactly what had lliippcilcd.

'I'he‘ncl<t time 1 was brought i11- timately into h§OClllli0ll ivith lll111 was when he went to Germany lll March, 1913. It was a. slate visit and there were many‘ parades and ceremonies. I had been strictly charged before I departed that I must keep an eXtru‘ sharp eye on lll: movements because there was already

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aulif Megan and the his 1dr. c. r. G-lilaterman, in mo. followed by tllc author. ‘ ' ’ . '

d-ecplytouched, because this was a spontaneous gift, ~nobody had given

his‘ great appreciation he gave an order whldi been rigorously carried out. that no other vessel thelFflQW§11l§7a~-'turcen should ever bofused-tpybring up his eleven o'clock sdup_~;:'r.';- .

No rlistierwhere the King is, that tureenjccclnpsnies him‘ and‘ ‘is used at elevenfivclock each morning.

‘Pl-id Prince l; exceeding loyal, he would "never ' allow ,anybody tulle blamed for his fsultc. -

Every evening‘ before he retires to ibcd the King has a cup oi ‘cocoa brought ub to; his ante-room. One night the Kingqras- engliged with a nllnlsler and I was waltinfexpectlng lo. ‘accompany the Kiiigto the French Elnhsssyj The Ifl-lnce‘ wanted to see lilm about something and hé waited ~ in the ante-room until hls rather should be at liberty. Mean- while the cocoa which had been brought, was gettlugcold. . "He'll never waniw that tonight", ssld 111s Prince. "r11 drink lt", slid he took the cup from the sevant and drained-it.

He hsd ‘no sooner done so than Blr Edward . Grey came ov‘. and a moment later the King‘ called his‘ valet and asked fol-the ooeos! ‘ _ Teh valet mumbled‘ something About-thinking the Kinidld not rc- quire lt and stated thatlhe had drank it‘, himself and would immedi- ately get more. ‘The King began to rebuke .l1_lnl out‘ instantly tile Prince wentinto his room and bonfesssd that llc was 1.1111 ‘culprit.

"Then you may hays‘ the privilege", said the‘; King. ."oi going personally to lll "lma ALA ._|i _ The~ Prince. witll s. grin, obeyed immediately. _‘ ,1 ‘

' The Prinoeslaast German Nislt ‘

‘One night when the court was at Balmqrsi -the young Prince“ gave everybody‘ §‘_$pl_._l’€._,.,l'l¢ hsduone for a day's fishing on the _D_ee'“snd_ with insinuating iklil-wiildh ‘he wane demonstrate so well later. ciiiglie dab’- trlved.” n! ‘ is‘ escort the slio. '-l asarehcif huursibr him butgwlth" no avail. Tdire not returgwllo Balhinral without h ‘s ‘_I e boned‘ every

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eat ihuiaefeulldrm should

enduresentl-lllfill‘,

them ‘the ides, and in order to make <

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a ‘distinctly cool" feeling Ileiivcnn the two nations...

Ten German detectives were up- p0lllbed to assist lll the task cf guard- ing the Prince but I don't bcllcvc there was any serious danger. The ‘crowds in the strccis cheered lilm enthusiastically as lle‘ moved about.

On s Sunday during the visit. tile Prince hsd determined lo Visit some English friends of the ambassadors ‘and was looking forward to the little break keenly. At the last 1111111110, however, the Kalper itl‘l'-"ill.“,€rl fur lilm to attend a pcriorrnnllrc of Aida wilich ujmet tlle plans c11111p1cl->l_v.

At the Opera House tlml afn-vuouu two national anthems were plrlyorl -‘-lil1e music is of course the sanle - buttlie chorus sang first the Gcrnlan and then tllc Eilglish ivords.

When tllc German words were being sung the cheering was dmfull- lng. As soon as the E11;lis.ll\vo1"ds were being sung there was ii certain amount oi desultory cheering, then almst s. silence during which a num- ber of ofhccrs in iullform in the stalls laughed rlbuldly.

The Kaiser. to givc l1l111 l11:1 1111*. started as tllougll he had hccu shut; he inqtsllily whispered r111 fffllfl‘ in an A. D. C. and lllllllQdl{\'.'.‘i_‘l thine or four mell lll tile gallery 111cm arr- ested. But it was not lll tlin gallery where the hostile reception had arlsenpand tho Prince knew itl

During that visit thc l'l'lil"ft visiird two clubs exclusive 1o vfllcvvv. of ‘Gel-plan crack vogllilcllii; cull 11111111111 ‘mi the first visit ills reception ivnr. coldly correct. the charm nf 111". manner and persona-lll y rllrrus u-urk

50 that. bcfolje the <-ve11l:1~; wrulnvrl"

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-,tllc‘ofllcers were tuusillll; in: him. ‘j At the second ulub he who 5111911- fl'dly welcomed 11ml n great cveilinz was ‘spent. ’I‘hc phyed. popular airs, including I rem- ember s song then very popular in

seemed as‘ ihough- th difference. between the two l1ritlnlia. Prune liillfsler Iialkx the Prim-c

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rcgi11lcl1tlul_ hand _..,.‘._,‘.‘-ap.“l1.‘u my

Qflmlmll; "Pl-lPQllC" ‘lll his‘ mnmirrkcn but ufiel- going-sever Allpfllsl-llm" which h“ 9' “cry fl‘ did not come .1p with lilm. Inquiries ‘blllent chorus. The ‘Prince joined l" “of people coming the e'h:r way re- thc chorus with the rest and it “val-aye trace cl our quarry so I W! will‘! b" “° know ho lIlllSl. of dodiefl llllv MOW"

my something in the sir. difficult to, allowed that-all wqdhpm m.

_the' wsy to the station when he r when; esule ‘sweythere was s huge crowd lrwifnees thedepsrture the guard of . honor duly ‘inspected dnd farc-

, dfitilbeferrtllthtreln sfaried the miner ‘s man in civilian

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cllczrrllly; and waving llls lint. He was 111i old 1111111 with a willie bcard ulld lie wore Llil ll‘:» coat llle twu African medals and the Egyjflall campaign ll1»":lf'.l'.. ‘lilc l'i'il1i‘£’ salami that lle mlrzilt by p1" ..r'11lc1l i0 lilm.

A Llcrllldll vulullcl lvcllt straight- lvay m lilm. Ilc turned out to be an Illllglish olz-slllrllcr employed in a llcl-lill chemical works. The Prince said r1 for.’ ivods tdhlnl and asked 110w 11c fared. The man replied that 1.: was comfortable enough and thank- cd the Prince for his gracloussness. Tllcn, on impulse as it were, just be- fore he went, when tllc Prince was hllalilllg hzlilds ivlth lllm. he leaned Iul-ival-cl 1111a sold lll 11 hoarse whisper

“We'll have them io fight. Your Highness, we'll have them to fight!"

'l'l11~ P1111112 rulllt-(l and bade him ‘_[l|l‘il-b_',-'\",

I 011011 \"i.1l(iCl’ wllnt happened to that mall Wllfll wal‘ broke out.

After that I was not brought into

personal contact with the Prince ‘ until war came.

He came in 1110 just after the out- ozcnk and said; " "Woodhull, I r1111 being gnzettcd to the (ircnmlicrs nlld I'11l going out U0 I-‘rnur-m Fmnrnll", I understand, 1111.7 in flVFflfllll-‘lflj’ Irv frulll your depart- 1111111. 511 1'111 n'k'1l1(: frrl" you! _

I thanked 112111 and lllmlc ready to ncconlpzllly lilm with the Expediti- onary Force. Thml a 1111211 arose‘. The Prime Nlillllltfyl0ld the King it was inadvisable for the Prince Lo go. The Prince was furious.

"I will go to Lord Kitchener," he said. “What goociam I doing hang- lllg about Chelsea Barracks?"

ll’: went 1d Kitchener and luicr he ralllv buck rllcl told 1110 the result of his npplhwtlun.

“Ho tnlrl 111"." suit! the Prince, "to r41 hurl: to my unit and learn someth- inv. more about mlclic-‘xlllg and then l1c‘ll lr-l. 111p 1m!"

Luvcl KllfllCllCl‘ of persons.

Car Wrz-vlli-il flllil Prince Missing!

1.21.121‘ e11 of cclllrsc llc did‘ g0 and I was‘ f‘. lz-llrd lo 111111 in France. Iililrolzgh I lmvc ulvcady mentioned bflllil of them, all my experiences with His Royal Highness at the front cr.l11lot be dealt wilh at the end of a nlllcle but I will vclaic one or two llltfl‘: iltclulcllts. ‘

‘ I11 Lilo 11:21.1. plucu i1. nlust in: ulldcr- ‘slnml (h1- Prinvc hnll in be SDEHBIIY

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was llo rcepecter

|1"r1"'~<"l-<:l 11111! iZlllIlTlrul, ‘Hull. was ‘Ellillllfil. 11m 111 u 11111111: lllfllVllf the ‘Plnlv- . . .:v1‘ 1| \\'a.'~ equally natural ‘ll-m H111 lrt-lrii-llnllz: imposed upon ‘lilm were llllnlevzlblr. IIc circled

11mm- ijvnl nculfillilully.

Dlvlr.‘ n] (lrncrrlh in who-Wt‘. film tire P 11cc v1". czllruzlcrl were made ‘YCDOZLSHHC for ‘hi3 personal‘ safety “r0 vary llriillrzilly they were taking ‘no vii-ks. But lilo Prince hated it all. He 1c: cil lo be with his regi- ulcllt in ti: trench-es and/when that W115 lint allowed he sought a lflillfifel‘ ‘tn 1111011101" (illllfjlfill whore he might‘ ‘H1111 :1 illorc ulzroinuvluiillr: general. I'm they wrve all the fifllll". in insisting ‘gn p; u! 11". ici his safety.

! A':~1~ p; ‘mnlly l:-c:1\“.11g the ves- fl‘l"l§fill'; 101* :1 wllllo the Prince re- "1: llcll, ll!‘ Lllcv/ perfectly ivcll that l 11nd lo awnmpony liiln but he ffllllld '\\‘{‘_‘;‘. Til’! PIT-fill}? of shaking n1c oil’.

‘ 1 1_~-1~..~111 r flllf‘ day llrul- Mcrvllle r-m-v: 1171' 1-1111 111111 c1111 luornlllg. ‘U? |l‘.‘l‘~f'll{".l lll :1 ulnll v11" 11ml lllilflfl pie 1vuy 1-111111-(111 i114! front lillc. The ,sl:clll1v: wus lgcuvy lust 111 front and the driver 11nd instruction; not to ‘grllfgjfyflv lycyrllfl n utlpulutcd point ‘llu- frincc iovk illniters

‘v11 Llll‘ imp. 1111i 1 lllr. 111111 hands hv luklllg tllc \il"l‘:‘l. -

111 n 111111 hlurl. lie ulumigcd lo.

fmlll my following and look another road. routi- llc shcfild have

nl miles I

i111 ntorcyclc ‘l fallovicd illc

‘rand hi. U!" tralllc block. DoubllnZ ‘iinrlt nml mill; lll-rim: lilo other road

But ever oil the watch ha‘! war. 1,111 1.11» frul: lml m». into a regular eouidsee" ‘oulic olllnly-ihnl lhnurh "he-up: lrrlff (lltlinvc sllclllnig. rue I“ 119V" lmlf ‘will’! fllmlflll" road bPfillt‘. 11in wit-i impossible for a though‘ the crowllskay, my hcarl. was lll, my uloilth. certain unhehl- vrhai 111.‘ uu- Prince had fallen!

I llftcd lily machine nvor shell Avllcvevcl- possible rode on. amc to the Prince's car-

on thleroridl Black misery filled m5‘ heart. I

would have put a bullef through my hcad rather than go back and report what had happened. While I was searching the wretched car a cheery vclce from some distance away called OH!- .

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"Hello. Woodbslll ‘Ilheyfve it this time. havfnt tasyrn.

was deserted it's/as b!‘ a shell. ‘ _ ‘ The Prince laughed st,‘

meant.

all my energy to ‘steer Hhi 31915;;

in the nearest traniportdepiit.

cnsrrua x -/‘< - run luuc. AMONG nlsroussias

Scheme to Asssninste George ates "Most Bibnlons Old-l-Beggar; in

Ate a. wlneiers» Horse Falls over Backwards King. ..~ . i

nuruig the war Hki mjeatyunsde several irlpa lo France to visit-Hedd- quarters, hospitals ‘and we. bjgtjg-

were a source of very fleet rdsponlsl- bility to the general stsfl," and-all concerned with his ‘dfety. Every hllmlmll/ possible precsutlonbwss taken to ensure His wieswb safety. Apart from the distinguished escort

fimlflh-llll under ' s wall-was the Prince. He had left eheldriyeiyi; attend two woundew-men he-asqim.’ n wayside field, and while-caged; _ _blt—‘s‘d._ireot“l‘llt—‘ ‘ l .

lure but I was so it '~

cycle back with the flttflg‘ piliion behind. The drlvii- walked-

is Nlpped. in the nus-mag "Deeor- ‘

the hoiialilurw-why. "Papa" roare _

fields. Needles to say these‘ journeys .

l. I 1.‘ s _ . . _ ‘ - .. ex-soliliernbraking rankslo shake hands with the King soon

alter was over,

which always ' Several special Branch ‘detectives were always attached" to because, an is pretty generally known northern France and Beigluniswar. med with encmykpys; some "of time were so fanatical that they ‘would have gladly risked their lives ifytl-iey cculd have given the Oelitfalfowirs the tremendous moral yictorjffthst the assassination of our flrigigiig‘ King would have meant fol-them.“ .. I was always ‘glad when the” journeys were over. they were of endless worry. There were nelrly always some unpleasant ‘accidents

r . . to mar them and thcrewss at least

one occuslol-l when an assassination Dlot was defeated 1n the nlclcoftlnle. The Kins was staying at a chateau used as a temporary headquarters by Sir Douglas Halz- Theliritlsh ‘Oom- mander-in-Chlef was established ‘on his famous train in a siding only a short distance from the chateau so‘ the King dined and lunched thervi more than once. _ ‘ The King's prog included visiting certain hospitals and ‘review- lllg certain Divisions oi Keeps-newly an-lvcd ill France but llledsy before a great review vrord came‘ tothe filter-allied secret servlcfi that there was obviously information of serious leakage. The cnelny was ‘ getting most accurate information to lnovo- ments of troops L11 the vicinity where the King intended to hold his review.

Special efforts were-made‘ to, trace the leakage, amoru; them. ‘my trlpjto the suspected dlstrlpt dlsgulsedas e- French peasant making few indepen- dent enquiries. Spy hunting is more an instinct than an art. There are all sorts of subterfilges whichihave to be uscd in the moat _. distasteful ivo" k. It ls llOt ivlthoutsound reason Lila-i. Secret Service men are often dubbed "Agents Provocateur".

I soon found an old Frencllwoms-n _w11c seemed to be living more com- fortably than the present hard cir- cumstances walranted one in the battlt‘: area. I tried a blufl’. Happen- ing to kllow three signs used bylhe German secret Service and known to most oi the peasants. I gave them all to her. She . appeared not to understand any, but strangely enoilsh she made no move mTexpreai sleet indignation, 0r to expose me which. if 1111c \l1ad been as simple as she secmedwo befshe obviously would have done. V - 1

The King and lll-ll Disasree ,

Instead of that shc remained ill!‘ piclous. dlstrustful. '

I told her the plans we're, being changed, repeated my mesllle- 5M shook her head stupidly though she looked nt me sharply and bite!‘ reveal fruitless cfloris lu gct her t0 acknowledge thc code l begged her io give me s. IPrench soldier's uniform She protested she had none.

With a threat lo report her w “‘N°" B", the known designation of the Gel-man Secret Soivlec controller in the area, I left. her. But I hidliiy- self near her cottage and walled- After nightfall I saw her leave her cottage and make‘ helnway ‘along-e slielliorn path to s ruined 'chul’ch. She entered and I followed. Ihad two assistants st hand and es soon as the woman eeme out of the church again 1 hsd her arrested. leaving her with one men while I, .lf:p0l’f\Plll|9§ 11y tho other dqtséuve, made‘ my ‘wfy ur the steps leading to the bell-lower. ‘ The tower was ‘partly demolished and the stcps- unsafe sogrestcare

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through s hole inlthe side or stopped into space. r neared the’ too: ‘rules I heard the hoot of an 5 owl bu 1 paid no ettenticn to that minions it was merely some nightbird ealllns from ltusbodeln the tower. ‘ i tours sec the stars sboveaie. and was par- haps eevsn- feet ‘from the top when theftwlsl deafening esaiaslsorikht

there wu a sun followed w‘ ~tlie

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had to be exercised ~15.» . one .1011‘ m“

anny use; so split bohld-ilefir‘

\ ~ r 1 ~ . plstoi~ ‘sway from my face. Ixdiltlked like "n" nine-pin and grapp- led _so1_ne<‘lne's legs. ‘ _ _ Another‘ shot was followed by a silldftlle sound oi someone fall- ing ‘gave a tug and the mun, when. he‘ wesjesme down on ill; stairs me. ‘As he fcll he must hove suihtills head on the stone etiirs or he lay still a second and thenibegan w-move. x I took the pre- csutioli: of glvlilg his head another

butnpfslnii thcu struck 1i match.

‘ Iliad no electrictorcli though my fitsndlhad. ‘ Lying-under me he was an‘ grey-headed lnarr bleeding freelyliliqirl a-llead wound. H11 was unconscious. ' I ‘ called‘ lo my collea- gue,‘1ll_ut‘-tl1"ere~w8s no reply. 1 saw

tiiue'b6lll3__‘|il'id~tllm0d to look for my ‘collelgual Ho was lying in a crumpled heap at the botzorn of the siairsrdeadpshot clean through the telnpleat ‘a range oi inches! I gave the‘ gjife-srrsnged signals on my

‘whistle land, sobn there ‘were a dozen

soldiers ~ searching the tower. We fourfdo‘ signalling apparatus and lll tlividhurcli ‘crypt a telephone which ‘we ‘afterwards found‘ and con- neciedlto "the ruins of a mill two lniieslawayf ' '