AN ARISTOCRATIC SCANDAL. The Prince of Wales Implicated. (SPECIAL MESSAGE TO THE "EVENING NEWS.")

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 178, 13 November 1886, Page 1

AN ARISTOCRATIC SCANDAL. The Prince of Wales Implicated. (SPECIAL MESSAGE TO THE " EVENING NEWS.")

London, October 29. "Nothing pince the celebrated Mordaunt scandal has caused so much sensation in England as the alleged di-clo&ures in connection with the aristocratic action in which Lady Colin Campbell sued for a divorce from her husband, the son of the Duke of Aigyll, and tho brother ot the Marquis of Lome The case wag hoard in Camera, and in con»»-quence the wildei-t rumours have been ciiculated as to the grounds for the action and the countercharges that have been mad». Ie is alteged that the Prince of Wales has been in constant communication with ' ady Colin Campbell, and that rorre^pond^nce of a very questionable character has taken place between the I'rince of Wale* and her Ladysbic The Piince of Wale^ hae denied the truth of. the ailrpiniions But the correspondence has not been f roduced. This has led to an indignant demand on the part of one section ot the pre a s *or the production of the letter-". Tho Queen, it ip paid, hae displayed unu.-ual interest in the matter, and has commanded the Duke of Argyle to leave no >toi c ut. turned to diacovei the letters that the Prince wrote to Lady Campbell, so that her v ny-ity may eatiefy hereelf as to their c- rtent-i.