KING’S SISTER ILL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 782, 1 October 1929, Page 9

KING’S SISTER ILL

ANXIETY ABOUT HEART CONDITION A BULLETIN ISSUED (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Australian and N.Z . Press Association Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Monday. A bulletin from Mar Lodge, Braemar, states that the Princess Royal, the King’s sister, had a slight gastric haemorrhage yesterday. She passed a restful night, but the condition of her heart causes some anxiety. A British Official Wireless message says: It is stated that the illness of the Princess Royal began with a chill. The Princess Royal, who was born in 1867, married at the age of 22 the Earl of Fife. Her love match with the earl, who was not of royal blood, appealed strongly to the public. The earl was created Duke of Fife at the wedding breakfast. The Princess, with the Duke and their two daughters, had a narrow escape from death in 1907, when the liner Delhi, in which they were travelling for the opening of the Khartoum Cathedral, was wrecked off Tangier. They were all thrown into the sea when their lifeboat collapsed, but were rescued by the sailors. The Duke died in Egypt a month after the wreck. The Princess’ elder daughter, who married Prince Arthur of Connaught, is at present staying at Mar Lodge. Her younger daughter is Lady Maud Carnegie.