A PRINCE AS MONK.
The Kaiser's cousin, Prince Frederick Henry of Prussia, eldest son of the late Prince Albrecht (Regent of Brunswick), who has embraced Roman Catholicism, has ceded his entire fortune to the Roman Catholic Church, and has entered an Italian monastery as a monk, Prince Frederick Henry has had a remarkable career. A few years ago he was exiled by thß Kaiser, who ordered him never to return. After wandering about in the southern countries he became Bick at heart and sought consolation in the Roman Church. He gave up a life of plea&ure for religion, and finally decided to become a monk. He has abandoned his real name and rank, and is known in the monastery simply as Brother Henry. The fortune which he has ceded to the Roman oatholic Church in Italy is estimated at £250,0U0, and will be devoted solely to charitable and humane purposes. Brother Henry lives a hard life. He inhabits a bare atone cell, and sleeps on a plank bed. He rises at 5 o'clock every morning, and must scrub not only his own cell but the long corridor outside it, besides a long flight of steps, working hard on his knees.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10033, 2 May 1910, Page 4
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200A PRINCE AS MONK. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10033, 2 May 1910, Page 4
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