DUCHESS OP ORLEANS.
SUIT AGAINST HER HUSBAND. Tho initial step in tho action for maintenance which the Duchess of Orleans has brought against her husband at Brussels wan taken oil Juno 1. Sho is suing tho Duko of Orleans for alimony amounting to .£3200 a year and the reimbursement of sums exceeding .£7OOO, which sho has spent in maintaining herself since tho Duko left' her in May, 1011. . . Tho case, which is arousing great interest in Belgium, enmo before tho Brussels Court because the Duko somo timo ago gave un his residenco at Wood Norton, in Worcestershire, on tho ground that the taxes in Britain were excessive, and came to livo near Brussels. The Duko is now said to be on his way to the Far East. It is stated that tho Duchess cannot sue for divorce on nccount of her rank. ... , . The Duches=, who is at present living with her mother, the Archduchess Clotilda of Austria, in Hungary, is in poor health, following a serious operation sho underwent some timo ago. Tho Emperor Francis Joseph is said to have attempted to bring about a reconciliation betwwn the couple but without success. The Duko of Orleans lias a princely re.veiuio and the Duchess's pearl* and diamonds are said lo be worth over ,i' 200,000.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1803, 16 July 1913, Page 7
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214DUCHESS OP ORLEANS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1803, 16 July 1913, Page 7
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