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CHRIST3IAS week was passed very quietly at Court. The hard weather has not prevented the Queen from taking exercise out of doors ; and we observe that the Princess Royal is now a companion to her mother in walking. On Tuesday, her Majesty, attended by ladies, went to see Prince Albert and several gentlemen of the Household skate on the small lake at Frogmore. On the same morning, the Queen and Prince Albert visited the Dutchess of Kent.
Prince Albert has been shooting in the preserves several days this week.
Among the visiters at the Castle have been Sir Henry Wheatley, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Honourable J. D. Bloomfield.
On Christmas Day, her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Dutchess of Bent, attended divine service in the private chapel of the Castle.
Yesterday, the Queen and Prince Albert, with their suite, left Wind- sor Castle for Buckingham Palace ; travellirg, in the usual order, by the Great 'Western Railway. The Royal party arrived at the Palace by four o'clock. In the evening, the Queen and Prince Albert went to Drury Lane Theatre.
The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Dutchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz visited the Dutchess of Gloucester on Saturday. The Duke of Cambridge paid another visit on Tuesday.
The Queen Dowager is in excellent health ; and is at Witley Court, surrounded by a select party of friends, including Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillipsthal and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar.
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