KING LEOPOLD'S MILLIONS.
PRINCESS CLEMENTINE COMPROMISES. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright Brussels, January, 80. Princess Clementine, daughter of the late King Leopold of Belgium, has accepted the Government's offer of ,£250,000 in settlement of her claims against her late father's estate.," The other daughtera, Princess Louise and Princess Stephanie, claim .£2,750,000.
The late Kin? Leopold amassed millions by his speculations in the Congo and elsewhere. He left .to his daughters in equal shares only the iOOO.OOO inherited by him from his lather, Large settlements were made on his morganatic wife, Baroness Vaughnn, and his 6ons by her. In order to prevent his daughters 'from getting the tjilk of the estate, the King vested niuoh „ 11 j 1^ a \T? l i eß ? c L <lul !? m X corporation i• ? > Niederfullbach Foundation, to which he transferred The State contends that, this money represents the part of the publio revenues oftho Congo, nnd should have figured in tho. colony's Th ? daughters claim it as tlioir fathers private property.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1663, 1 February 1913, Page 5
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164KING LEOPOLD'S MILLIONS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1663, 1 February 1913, Page 5
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