The Dethroned King of Naples.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 42, 22 March 1884, Page 3

The Dethroned King of Naples.

According to Figaro, The villaat St. Mondo, near Paris, so noted as being the scene of Daudet's " Le Roi en Exil," has been given up by its owner, the ci-devant King of Naples. Francis II lives with his consort on the third floor of the Hotel Buillemont in the Rue Boissy d'Anglais, which still belongs to him. The retinue of the princely pair consists of a lady-in-waiting, a maitred'hotel, who combines other iunctions as well, and a valet. Both the King and Queen lead the simplest lives possible. They seldom go to the theatre, never in society, and they never " receive." The small dark figure of Francis 11. may be seen as early as eight in the morning in the Bois; in the afternoon aa well. With his hands in his pockets and a cigar in his mouth he saunters up and down among the passersby. At this time the Queen, who is almost as passionate a lover of riding and sport as her sister, the Empress of Austria, canter on horseback along the allde. This does not preyent her from being a zealous and devout attendant at the Madeleine, where, lin one of the quiet naves, she may often be be found, rosary in hand, kneeling in long and earnest prayer.