LEOPOLD'S MILLIONS.
ROYAL PRINCESSES' CLAIMS. ; ' B» T«]«artDh—Presi Aasaclatlon—CoujrrliM •< Brussels, January 10. Princesses ' Louise, \ • Stephanio, and Clementine have rejected tho offer of jei.sot.ooo. ; To the daughters of the late King Leopold was willed tho sum of JEGOO.OOO, but after his death it was' discovered that, apart from this sum, the King's estate amounted, to .£3,600,000, owing to transfers to the Niederfuellbach Foundation (better known as the Coburg Foundation), and this sum the late King's three daughters claimed from tty> Belgian GovernmentIhe Government disputed the pricesses' right to the whole of the amount, contending that he was not entitled to disposo as he pleased of securities belonging to the Crown Foundation, and almost the en tiro amount of the securities in question .were derived from his late Majesty's patrimony, tho. Congo Foundation, and 1 , own Domain. The president of the Appeal Court suggested that tho Stato should .offor Princess Louise, Princess htephanie, and Princoss Cleinentino a sum of £1,60.1,000 to settle their'suit' for their shares in .tho fortune.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1646, 13 January 1913, Page 5
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166LEOPOLD'S MILLIONS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1646, 13 January 1913, Page 5
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