THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.
Thb Dnke ot Ouinbeiiand, whos? reconcilliaticn with the Kaiser i 3 said to hav,, M,kfn piuco, is the man of whom Eagiish p?o pie knew little though he might -ow have fcem the firae personage in the Empire had his father been borne a week earlier thuu he was. H-3 missed the thron& of England by three dsy*, havi g been born on May 27th, 1819. ex «tlv •ewmy boura afcor Quaec Victoria. Had the Do Ws father ten bora bf-j fere the Queen, he would have beenj Kmg of Fnglacd instead of merely I King of Hanover, and the g!orku> Victorian era would nevar have dawnod! The Duke is probably the! only living man who hi 3 ever threatened the Qaeen with a lawsuit. It was ever the famous Camberlar.d jawelf, which toe Quten, after much hesitation handed ovrr to her ducal cousin. The Dafee is msrried to Princess Dag-jiar of Denmark, youngest aister of <h e Prit-ce sof Wa'es.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 49, 13 March 1901, Page 4
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165THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 49, 13 March 1901, Page 4
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