KING MANOEL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4, 5 September 1913, Page 5

KING MANOEL.

THE ROYAL WEDDING. DISTINGUISHED G\ ESTS. [By Eleotbio Telegraph—copyright] [United Press Assooiation..;' Berlin, September 4. Princess Victoria Augusta, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta, Queen Amelie, and Infanta Carlos, the Duke of Oporto, Prince Eitel Friedrich, tho Crown Prince and the' Princess of Roumania have arrived at Sigmaringen. Cardinal Natto will conduct the marriage. King George and Queen Mary sont seven silver dinner dishes, and Queen Alexandra a gold loving-cup. [King Manoel succeeded to the Portuguese throne five years ago on tho assassination of his father, King Carlos, and his elder brother, Prince Luiw Philip. A revolution broke out and he was deposed on October 5, 1910, a Republic being proclaimed. With his mother. Queen Amelia, King Manoel went to .England, For a time they were the guests of the Duke of Orleans, King Manoel's uncle, at Wood Norton, near Evesham. Two years ago King Manoel took up his residence at Richmond, Surrey. King Manoel is to marry Princess Augustine of Hohen/iOllcrn. The engagement is the sequel to a meeting between theyoung King and the Princess, which took- place at her father's residence at Sigmaringen, in Germany, eight months ago. An affection, encouraged by both families, sprang up between the pair, and they became engaged. The father of the Prncoss, Prince William of Hohenzollern, the head of the non-reigning princely branch of the Hohenzollorn family, paid one or two visits to King Manoel when ho reigned in Portugal, and he entertains much affection for the young King 'without a throne. The Princess is twentythree years of age, the same age as King Manoel. She is the eldest daughter of Prince William of Hohenzollern, whose mother, who is still alive, was born a Portuguese Infanta, the daughter of King Ferdinand of Coburg, first cousin of the Prince Consort. Tho mother of the young Princess was Marie Therese, Princesse de Bourbon, who died in 1900.]