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NEWS of the death of the Queen of Portugal, who was allied by marrlage both to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, reached the Court on Sunday An illustrious party, invited to dine with her Majesty on the birth- day of the Princess Royal, was in consequence countermanded ; and the military bands are dispensed with for the present.
An engagement which Prince Albert had formed before the arrival of the news from Portugal, to visit Cambridge in his official character as Chancellor of the University, was fulfilled on Tuesday and Wednesday, in company with the Duke of Brabant.
On Wednesday morning, the Queen and the Duchess of Brabant came to London, inspected the Houses of Parliament, visited Westminster Abbey, and returned to Windsor in the afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge has been the only guest at the Castle this week.
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