A Sovereign Fights His HeirApparent.
A Dalziel’s telegram from Dresden says : Court circles are enjoying the scandal in the little Principality of Schwarzburg Sondershausen. Prince Leopold, brother of the reigning Sovereign, Prince Charles, has : removed alj his possessions from the palace, where he has been living for years, and has taking lodgings at an hotel. Hitherto the two Princes, who are both Prussian Generals, and respectively sixty and fiftyeight years of age, have been great friends. Prince Charles, although married, is childless, and Prince Leopold, being a bachelor, it was recently decided, for State reasons, that he had better marry ; and, accordingly, Princess Marie, consort of the reigning prince, was entrusted to find a spouse for him. This task was accepted. Two or three Sundays ago the two princes talked matters over while at supper in the Casino Club at Sondershausen, and Prince Leopold demanded that, in case of his marriage, his allowance ot £9OO per annum should be increased. The elder prince did not take kindly to the proposition, and said that if Prince Leopold could not afford to support a Princess as his wife he should try to marry a rich Jewess. This offended Prince Leopold, and he left the club abruptly. He was on his way home to the castle when he was overtaken by Prince Charles, who sneeringly repeated his advice. Prince Leopold turned on his brriber and hit him in the face. A pugilistic battle then ensued between the brothers, who were both in mufti. The sentries who were pacing the road to the castle did not dare to interfere; but some officers arrived, who, by shielding the reigning Prince with their bodies, succeeded in lulling bite storm, and everybody retired to bed. In the morning both Princes had bad black eyes, and remained invisible. The officers and sentries were pledged not to mention the affair, and it was supposed that it would not leak out, but it is now the talk of every Court in Germany.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 479, 11 June 1890, Page 5
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332A Sovereign Fights His Heir-Apparent. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 479, 11 June 1890, Page 5
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