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Besides visiting Portsmouth to be present at the launch of her naval namesake, Queen Victoria has driven and walked abroad in the neigh- bourhood of Windsor Castle. She has also entertained a large number of distinguished persons, keeping up a continuous festivity in honour of her first-born. Among those who have been guests at Windsor are Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Lord John Russell, Sir George and Lady Grey, Mr. Gladstone and Mrs. Gladstone, the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge. Earl and Countess Spencer, the Duchess of Wel- lington, and Lord and Lady Sydney.
The Prince Consort has been out shooting with the Prince of Leiningen, the Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and Earl Spencer. The Prince Consort and the Prussian Prince came to London on Thursday, the first to transact business, the second to see the British Museum, and the charming collections at South Kensington.
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