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Tire Queen commenced the winter series of theatrical entertainments at Windsor Castle on Thursday, with Shakspere's play of Henry the .Fifth. Her Majesty had invited a distinguished party to witness the play.
The King of the Belgians, the Count of Flanders, and the Princess Charlotte, left Windsor Castle on Saturday, for Ostend. The Dale and Duchess of Brabant attended the King to Dover. They then visited Os- borne, and returned to Windsor Castle on Wednesday. Prince Albert arrived in London on Tuesday morning, and presided over a committee meeting of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. He returned to Windsor in the afternoon.
Wednesday, the birthday of the Prince of Wales, was celebrated in the usual way. The garrison at Windsor paraded in the Park and fired a feu de joie; the Queen looking on from the East Terrace. Lord Aberdeen, Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir William and Lady Moles- worth, and the Duke of Argyll, have been guests of the Queen this week.