We much regret to record the death of Princess Christian,
which occurred last Saturday. She had been suffering from influenza, which brought on a heart attack, and she had been in a serious condition during the preceding fortnight. The sorrow which her death has occasioned is increased by the fact that her whole life was devoted to public service. Her work was of an entirely unostentatious nature, and lay in building up a very efficient and practical nursing organiza- tion. The hospitals have lost a most valuable friend. The Court will go into mourning for a month, but in view of the trouble which would have been caused by a postponement, their Majesties decided that the Courts on Wednesday and Thursday should be held as arranged. Many people have been saved great incon- venience and disappointment by this piece of kindly consideration. The Royal Family have, in fact, carefully discriminated between engagements of public utility, which have been maintained, and those for their own entertainment, all of which have been abandoned.
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