ROYAL ROMANCE.
iiw '"Appearance" of tlio Archduke Franz Ferdinand's .wife, the Duchess of Hr/iienberg, at a Court ball in Vienna, at which the Emperor was present, lias created a great 'stir,,throughout". Austria. <;Thei'e is. no more romantic' family ih' the''world than the Austrian royalties. Their history is one. of' chequered 1 light and shadow, by 110 means always admirable, but frequently rising to acts of. almost foolhardy .romance. Archdukes, who disappear, and archduchesses' who run away,heirs who' fling 'away' crows 1 when- they fall in lovo, and so forth—the anaals are full of such cases, often ending in sheer tragedy. The Archduke Franz Ferdi : nand's wife, a strong and interesting pei-: sonality, and a woman of handsome and imposing aspect, has borne well and !profidlyKth'6).aisißmM''ii of a morganatic wite's_ position; and though many were surprised, few were sorry to see 'her at last appearing at an official function and made much of in public by the Emperor
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 11
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157ROYAL ROMANCE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 11
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