ROYAL SCANDALS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1590, 22 June 1887, Page 3

ROYAL SCANDALS.

The "New York World" nays; Ihe Court of Vienna has been distracted during the last few weeks by a suoceßslon of scundalß. The relations between Orown Prince Rudolph and the Orown Princess Stephanie have long been strained, and their Bqaabblings have recently brought them to tho verge of separation. The Orown Prinßess abruptly left Vienna for Abcßz', having expressed her intention of returning to Belgium at the close of her s'.ay on the Adriatic. The Emperor has personally interfered to avert Mis daughter-in-law's departure, and the Pkluc* «.nd Ptiuce&a of Saxa QoburgGotha aud other relatives have also exerted themselves with the s*me object. The result is that the Orown Princess ia to pay a six weeks' visit to her parents at Brussels. She ia to be joined at Loeken by her huaband, and toey are to come to England together to represent the Austrian court at the Jubilee celebration. Tho Grown Princess will afterwards visit Spain, and aha (a not to return to Vienna until the autumn. Still worse is the oase of the Archduke Otto, son of the Archduke Charles aud a nephew of the Emperor. He was married lastjyear to the Princess Mirla Josef a, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Prince George of Saxony. Hhe Arch- , duke's conduct has been so bad that his bride hns left: hltP, with the full approval of hoc relatives, and It is by no means unlikely that he will be imprisoned for the good of his health and the correction and reformation of his manners and excesses. Lastly comes the Archduke Ferdinand, ! brother of the aforesaid culprit, who inherited part of the vast fortune of the Duke of Madeira, and who has been disgraced and forbiddon.the Oo.irt m consequence of a most gross outrage on Borne peasants, whioh wbb brought to the notice ; of tha Emperor by the Bishop of Leoz It Is stated that tho Archduke and Bora© of his equally halr-bralried brother officers were riding m the country, when they met a peasant funeral. They compelled the procession to stop, insulted the mourners, and finally, incredible aft it seems, they are acouaed of having opened the coffin and then takea the corpse out, I after whioh they leaped their .horses over It. The Archduke . mußt be a brutal rnffUn if he waa guilty of this outrage; The story, however, has been common talk at Vienna for weeks, although no natloe has been taken of it m the newspapers, as they are afraid to mention members of the Royal Family except to eulogise them.