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THE QUERN received as visitors at the Castle, on Thursday, the Duke and Duchess of Malakhoff and the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury. Soon after the arrival of the party her Majesty gave audience to the French Ambassador and to the Foreign Secretary. The Duchess of Malakhoff was presented to the Queen by the Countess of Malmesbury.
The dinner party of the same day included the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, Lady Emily Seymour, and Major-General the Honourable C. Grey. Yesterday the dinner party included the Duke of Cambridge, and the Princess of Leiningen.
The Duke and Duchess of Malakhoff left Windsor Castle yesterday.
Her Majesty gave audience yesterday to the TUrkish Ambassador ; to M. Isturiz, M. Rodriguez, and M. Murphy, who presented their cre- dentials, respectively, as Ministers of Spain, -Venezuela, and Mexico. The Prince of Wales arrived at the Castle on Saturday, and remained till Monday. The Queen has taken daily drives and walks. In walking on the Terrace, on Monday aftenwm, her Majesty was accompanied b the Prince Consort, the Prinqn,ut Wales, the Princess Alice, Prince Affr Prince Arthur, the Princess ellelena, and the Princess Louisa. Sir John pakingtssi Iva of the party; but he afterwards returned to town. Ou Tuesday the ueen and Prince Consort walked in the Home Park, and all visited the Duchess of Kent.
The Prince Consort was accompanied in his shooting, on Monday, by Prince Alfred.
On Wednesday Prince Alfred took his leave of the Court,—paying also a farewell visit to the Duchess of Kent,—and went to join Ins ship Euryalus at Portsmouth. The Prince Consort accompanied his son to Portsmouth, and they were joined at Basingstoke by the Prince of Wales. Major Cowell, R.E., is in attendance on Prince Alfred.
The Duchess of Kent, and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen joined the dinner party at the Castle on Monday. The Portuguese Dfinister and the Countess Lavradio did so on Fliday last week. The Queen Marie Amelie, the Duke de Nemours, the Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duke de Chartres, the Comte de Paris, and Prince Philip of Wiirtemberg visited her Majesty on Tuesday morning.
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