A ROYAL FUNERAL.
Received December 22, 8 a.m. LONDON. December 21. His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught represents King Edward at King Leopold's funeral. Prince Henry of Prussia represents the Kaiser. Princess Louise, King Leopold's eldest daughter, has arrived at Brussels. She wished to bring her husband, Lieutenant Mattachitch, but King Albert, King Leopold's successor, objected, and the lieutenant remained at Cologne. Baroness Vaughan, with whom King Leopold contracted a morganatic marriage, has arrived in Paris. A crowd of" journalists- endeavoured to interview her at the station, and insisted on taking flashlight potographs of her. FORTUNE.
WHAT WILL MADAME VAUGHAN GET?
Received December 22, 8.35 a.m. BRUSSELS, December 21. King Leopold will be given a State funeral, despite his expressed wish, that the funeral should take place in the early morning in the presence ot King Albert and the Royal Household alone. Leopold left £600,000 inherited from his father to his children.. . The Belgian public is angrily discussing whether the Baroness Vaughan should be allowed to enjoy the remainder, which is estimated at two millions.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9674, 23 December 1909, Page 5
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176A ROYAL FUNERAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9674, 23 December 1909, Page 5
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