LOVE DECIDES.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1920, Page 5

LOVE DECIDES.

PRINCESS WEDS CHAUFFEUR.

AMAZING ROYAL ROMANCE, By TelejT»Pli.—Press Awn.—Copyright. Received July 25, 5.5 p.m. Zurich, .Tilly 24. Aii amazing Royal romance is disclosed in connection with Princess Alexandra, daughter of Prince Frederich of Schleswig-Holstein, whom Prince August, the ex-Kaiser's fourth son, recently divorced. The Princess has now married a chauffeur, declaring that it is better to be the loved wife of a chauffeur than the unloved wife of. a Royal Prince. The chauffeur, who is named Fritz Meyer, wore the ex-Kaiser'a livery before the war, and was driving a Royal motor car when the romance began. He servfed as a lieutenant during the war. He was "the officer of common tastes and a democratic name," whom the Prince cited in the divorce proceedings. The coufie are now honeymooning, while the Prince is employed as a bank clerk in Berlin. It is difficult to kiiow how Meyer will support his wife, as she has extravagant tastes. She was once imprisoned for a fortnight in a Gothic round tower at the Castle Eablesberg by the ex-Kaiser, as punishment for over-spending. The Princess is a statuesque blonde, has red hair, with a ruddy complexion, and is the personification of a typical German heroine. Her only child, of seven years, lives with the ex-Crown Princess Fecilia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.