ROYAL BETROTHAL.
FRENCH PRETENDER: BELGIAN PRINCESS. ,-..•' By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright Brussels, Maroh 30. '■ The newspaper "Le Soir" Btates that the marriage of Prince Victor Napoleon' (the Imperialist Pretender to the French throne), and Princess Clementine of,Bel-'gium-(youngest daughter of the late King Leopold of Belgium) will-take place at 'Faraborough, England, in August next. "A LONG-STANDING AFFECTION." In January the Brussels correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote: "It is believed in Brussels that tho marriage of Prince Victor Napoleon, the Imperialist Pretender to the French throne, and Princess' Clementine, youngest daughter of the lato-King Leopold,-is imminent. The : news is hailed with pleasure, for both tho Prince and Princess are well known and popular here. . '~. . "The question of this marriage was first raised five years ago, but the project met with violent opposition from King Leopold, who went to the point, of imprisoning his daughter for a time. Prince Victor has for long lived at Brussels, and at one time frequented the Belgian Court. Ho has three children, offspring of a morganatic union. "The Prince is extremely wealthy and will, it is expected, inherit the major portion of tho . Empress Eugenie's' fortune. He has a splendid house in the Avenue Louise. ' At the Belgian Court everyone believes that the marriage will take place, for it. is known that there is a long-standing affection between tho Prince and Princess.' In French Imperialist circles the Erincess Clementine has far Jong been called 'Tho Empress.' '~ "Prince Victor is forty-eight years of age, and the Princess Clementine is ten years younger."
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 780, 1 April 1910, Page 5
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253ROYAL BETROTHAL. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 780, 1 April 1910, Page 5
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