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His Last Moments .
precluded all hope of recovery , and they stated it as tlieir belief that it was now only a question of time as to when death would ensue . His Royal Highness , who was still sensible , shortly afterwards expressed a wish that his servants , by whom his Royal Highness was greatly respected and beloved , should be called up to take their leave of him , and directions were given that all the domestics who could be
spared should attend the bedside of their dying master . They accordingly repaired to the painful scene—for it was now but too evident that the minutes of the Duke ' s life were numbered . When the servants entered the room he made an effort to speak , but the effort failed him— he couldnot articulate—and in afew seconds his Royal Highness was no more . The Duke of Cambridge , who had been with his suffering brother all
the morning , his Royal Highness ' s four equerries , the medical gentlemen , and the servants , were the only persons present when death terminated the scene . The entire household were affected by poignant grief , but the Highland piper , who had been nearly twenty years in the service of his Royal master , was inconsolable . The intelligence of the event quickly spread through the
neighbourhood of Kensington , upon which it cast a deep gloom , for the Duke of Sussex was greatly beloved by all who had the honor of knowing him , as well as by those amongst whom he had so long resided . It is an interesting circumstance that his Royal Highness desired the prayers of the Church in his last moments , and was prayed for at Kensington yesterday se ' nnightin the usual place in the Liturgy .
, In the metropolis , similar demonstrations of respect were adopted , and the bells of most of the churches were tolled in the course of the afternoon and evening . The flags on the various churches , and on the shipping in the river , were also hoisted half-staff high .
For several years past the health of the deceased Prince rendered prolongation of life a matter of extreme uncertainty . Those who knew him intimately were aware of this . In earlier life so much did he suffer from asthma , that for many years he knew not the luxury of a bed and an insufficient amount of daily exercise prevented the constitution from becoming robust;—indeed the professional reader , on perusing the report of the post mortem examination , will wonder at the capability of the s ystem to have sustained so long , with so much apparent ease , the wear and tear of life .
In the autumn of 1837 , his Royal Highness was seriously ill . His indisposition was caused by the annexed circumstances , the notes of which we took at the time . It was caused by his having yielded to the solicitation of Mr . Haytor , the celebrated painter , who wished his Royal Highness to dispense with the skull-cap , ( which he had worn so long , ) in the Coronation picture which Mr . Haytor was
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His Last Moments .
precluded all hope of recovery , and they stated it as tlieir belief that it was now only a question of time as to when death would ensue . His Royal Highness , who was still sensible , shortly afterwards expressed a wish that his servants , by whom his Royal Highness was greatly respected and beloved , should be called up to take their leave of him , and directions were given that all the domestics who could be
spared should attend the bedside of their dying master . They accordingly repaired to the painful scene—for it was now but too evident that the minutes of the Duke ' s life were numbered . When the servants entered the room he made an effort to speak , but the effort failed him— he couldnot articulate—and in afew seconds his Royal Highness was no more . The Duke of Cambridge , who had been with his suffering brother all
the morning , his Royal Highness ' s four equerries , the medical gentlemen , and the servants , were the only persons present when death terminated the scene . The entire household were affected by poignant grief , but the Highland piper , who had been nearly twenty years in the service of his Royal master , was inconsolable . The intelligence of the event quickly spread through the
neighbourhood of Kensington , upon which it cast a deep gloom , for the Duke of Sussex was greatly beloved by all who had the honor of knowing him , as well as by those amongst whom he had so long resided . It is an interesting circumstance that his Royal Highness desired the prayers of the Church in his last moments , and was prayed for at Kensington yesterday se ' nnightin the usual place in the Liturgy .
, In the metropolis , similar demonstrations of respect were adopted , and the bells of most of the churches were tolled in the course of the afternoon and evening . The flags on the various churches , and on the shipping in the river , were also hoisted half-staff high .
For several years past the health of the deceased Prince rendered prolongation of life a matter of extreme uncertainty . Those who knew him intimately were aware of this . In earlier life so much did he suffer from asthma , that for many years he knew not the luxury of a bed and an insufficient amount of daily exercise prevented the constitution from becoming robust;—indeed the professional reader , on perusing the report of the post mortem examination , will wonder at the capability of the s ystem to have sustained so long , with so much apparent ease , the wear and tear of life .
In the autumn of 1837 , his Royal Highness was seriously ill . His indisposition was caused by the annexed circumstances , the notes of which we took at the time . It was caused by his having yielded to the solicitation of Mr . Haytor , the celebrated painter , who wished his Royal Highness to dispense with the skull-cap , ( which he had worn so long , ) in the Coronation picture which Mr . Haytor was