GOSSIP ABOUT ROYALTY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1586, 16 June 1887, Page 3

GOSSIP ABOUT ROYALTY.

A London despatch of April 3 eaya :— A book has just appeared m Berlin entitled 1 The Oourti of Europe.' The author's name fa not on the title page. It gives a formal history cf all the families, with much Intereeting information concerning them. The article relating to the English Oocirt gives * different version of the difference* between the Marqnla of Lorno and the Princess Louiee than the one generally reported. It has been said that the Princess waa fond of flktlng, and that It wai the Marqais who was jealous. The historical sketch e»ya that it is the Prlncetn who suffers from the tortures of jealousy. She carries her conjugal suspicion to sach an extent that she is never happy. She said one day to the Duohecs of Albany: "Oh I If I only knew of ■orne plaoe where I could conceal my husband ao aa to be sore of him. I am to unfortunate lometfmes." After the Princess went with her sister-in-law to pray over the tomb of the Duke of Albany, according to the book, the Duoheas Bald to the Princess Louiee : " A woman whole husband lies buried m happier than you." The society pspers are making great fan of the Prince of Biltenberg, the QaeetiB 1 favorate son-in-law. They all assert that he Is a poor horaeman. There •is hardly an issue of the society papers that does not speak of bis having taken a cropper In some rnn after the houndi. One of the moat satirical of the papers urges the Queen In eloquent tetms to have her alipperyoeated son-in-law gives lessons m horsemanship, The Crown Pi lace and Crown Prlnoeaa of Sweden have actually gone on the boards. The tucceesor of the lion of the North Is said to be a capital actor, and bis wife hBB played the heroine to hia hero la the BoyalMusik Akademle at Stockholm. Their first appearance was m a one*act comedy, written expressly for them. The audlenod admitted to the performance was a very exclusive one, consisting only of the riah and noble. The price of admission was ten kronen, and the proceeds were given to the Swedish Atylum for Mogdalens. The Grand DaVe Paul, the youngest brother' of theCztr, has Just been affianced to hi« cousin, the eldest daughter of the King of Greece, Tbia marriage will be tbe cause of the reappearance cf the apparition of a certain member of the Russian Imperial family of whom no one has heard lor alx or seven years, and who really may be looked upon m the light of the famous Iron Mask. During the reign of the late Czar the eldest son of the Grand Duke Constantino fell a vlotim to the wiles of an advantqress who styles herself Fanny Lear, and, led away ry a guilty passion this woman inspired, the unhappy prince' actnally went 10 far as to s f eal the diamonds belonging to bis mother and present them to the courtesan. 'I he Fmpercr Alexander II was extremely ■trlct m matters of honor, and had the adventuress taken to the Russian frontier m charge of gendarmes, and, notwithstanding all the entreatiei and representations of his brother Constantino, deprived bis guilty nephew of his military ranjc, struck his name out of the Imperial family, and exiled him to some unknown ■pot m the Cauoasns. It seemed as if all xeoollecUott of the young Prince was destined to be effaced for ever. Slnoo the accession of Alexander 111 the Prince and Princess Constantino constantly entreated for their son's forgiveness, but up to the present time It has been refused. Now, however, that their grand-daughter, " the daughter of Queen Olga of Greece, to to become the Czar's sister-in-law, she has begged as a boon from him her uncle's pardon, and he has granted It to her, so at tho marriage festivities, which will take place this summer, the Grand Duke Nfpbolas (jonstantlne will appear at the oourti of Russia and Greece.