I went up to Windsor Castle, and after inspecting it, joined a little group of people who were standing at the gateway which leads out to the Long Drive and Virginia Water.

They were waiting to get a look at the young Queen, who always drove out at four o'clock.

Presently the gate opened and a low carriage, preceded by three horsemen, passed through.

It contained a plump baby, nearly two years of age, wrapped in a buff cloak and held up in the arms of its nurse.

That baby became the Empress Dowager of Germany, the mother of the present Kaiser and of Prince Henry, who has lately been our guest.