Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

But for Charles Edward, performing royal duties was something to be endured rather than enjoyed.

While riding in a carriage with his cousin, Prince Arthur of Connaught, nerves overcame him in a very public and embarrassing way.

And of course, they forgot breakfast time, they forgot to be ready.

They rushed out and put into their kilts only just time to start and had no breakfast.

When the reigning Duke of Coburg died leaving no legitimate heirs, a succession crisis loomed.

She was determined to keep control of Coburg within her direct family and decreed that one of her sons or grandsons should become the next duke.

The next in line was Arthur, Duke of Connaught, who was very much known as a, an English soldier and very much a favorite son of Queen Victoria.

But the Duke of Connaught definite didn't want to go to Coburg, he wanted to stay in Britain.

Excuse me.

Um, so one of them was, um, uh, what's his name now? the Duke of Connaught, who came in the late 19th century.

So he was Queen Victoria's grandson.

And he came on like a diplomatic mission or something like that.

In this exhibit, we're gonna have just such a range of things, from the first edition of E. Pauline Johnson's Legends of Vancouver.

So it's like a bespoke suede and silver binding that was once part of the library of the Duke of Connaught and Strathmore, who was Governor General of Canada and a younger son of Queen Victoria.

So that's kind of cool that people are gonna actually be able to interact with this book.

Mm-hmm.