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The Duke and Duchess of York at the Agricultural Show, Portsmouth: visiting the apiary, 1898. 'From Sketches by our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior. The Royal Counties Agricultural Show was opened on Monday, June 6, at Portsmouth, whither it has returned after a lapse of seven years. The president for the current year is Viscount Baring, who succeeded Prince Christian in the chair. Her Majesty [Queen Victoria] exhibited shorthorn cattle; the Prince of Wales sent shire horses, shorthorns, and Southdowns; Prince Christian sending specimens of butter. The Queen took three second prizes, and the Prince a second for a shorthorn bull and a third for a shire colt. The show, which remained open until the 10th, was visited by the Duke and Duchess of York, the former on his way to hoist his pennant on the Crescent.' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.