New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-20
ROYAL EXILES.
KINGS AND QUEENS WHO ARE HARD UP. y

KINGS AND QUEENS WHO ARE HARD UP
Poor old Dom Pedros death at small
third-rate hotel in Paris will have recalled
to the minds of many OF The Tribune
readers certain pages Of that most dramatic
and get truthful OF all Alphonse Daudeps
novels. namely. "1he Kings in Exile" Fallen
greatness nearly always invites certain amount
OF pathetic interest. especially when, as In the
case of the late OK Emperor of Brazil. the great
ness has been borne with mOdesty, and the fan
with patient dignity Even the sternest repuD-
lican must find it difficult to suppress latent
feeling of sympathy and pity Tor the sovereign
who has lost not only his throne, and all the
privileges and advantages connected Herewith
which he has more or less enjoyed from his earliest
childhood, but who also has lost country, friends,
all his most cherished surroundings, and Last Dut
not least his fortune. For, contrary TO the popu-
lar IMPRESSION most Of these fallen royalties are IN
straitened circumstances. Dom Pedro, at the
time of his death, was dependent upon paitry
allowance Of 10000 francs per month, doled out
to him by his son-in-aw's father, the Due de
Nemours This allowance has now been trans
ferred TO the Crown Princess, who has inherited
absolutely nothing of value from the ex-Emperor
or all the Kings and Queens in Exile that
have known, there have only been three who were
well provided with money, and they were the late
King of Hanover, the late ex-Duke Of Brunswick
md the ex-Khedive Of Egypt. All the remainder
nave tasted the bitterness, If not OF downright
poverty at any rate of serious financial embarrass
ment and the eX-king and ex-Queen OF Naples
have even been driven more than one occasion
TO pledge all Of their silver plate to Atenborough
the great London pawnbroker. Nor is the latter
by any means the only member Of his profession
who has become connected through avuncular
relationship with the royal and imperial families
of Europe For King Milan of Servia has on
more than one occasion pawned magnificenty
jewelled sword presented to his uncle by the
late Sultan of Turkey. Queen Isabella OF Spain
has been obliged to pledge her diamonds, while
even the genial Prince Of Wales, while visiting
in the strictest incognito the great batteheds at
the close Of the FrancOLGerman War, has found
himself stranded at Sedan for want of money, and
being unwilling to reveal his identity, even 70
the telegraph officials, has been forced to entrust
his own watch and that Of his equerry, General
Sir Christopher Teesdae to the local mont
in order to obtain the funds needed to enable him
to settle his hotel BILL and to leave the place before
being recognized.
In the course Of my peregrinations nave
enjoyed the personal acquaintance OF quite
number of Kings and Queens in Exile" and while
to mere presentation and few minutes of com
monplace conversation, In Others it has assumed
far more intimate character. Among those
| recall at the present moment are the late
ex-King of Hanover, with whom / had the honor of
dining at his Paris mansion in the Rue Pressbourg
only a few weeks prior to his death. Then there
is his son. who bears the British title OF Duke
of Cumberland, but who is dc jure Sovereign
Duke of Brunswick, the government of the latter
being at present administered by Prussian re-
gent. The ex-King and Queen of Naples, ex-Queen
Isabella and her husband, ex-King Francis OF
Spain, likewise Isabella's mother, the late en-
Queen Christine the late eX-King Amadeus
Of Spain. the ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany.
the ex-Elector of Hesse-Cassel, the late
ex-Emperor and the ex-Empress OF the
French, the hideous old ex-Duke Of Bruins
wick, the late Archduke Charles, who abdicated
his rights to the Austro- Hungarian throne to his
son Emperor Francis Joseph; the ex-khedive Of
Egypt, Prince Tokugawa, ex-Tycoon Of Japan
and Dhuleep Singh, eX-King of the PunJaub and
the original owner of the great Kohinoor
diamond, about make up the total of the
XX that have known
The most attractive, and TO me- interesting
figure of all this little crowd is undoubtedly the
ex Queen of Naples, whom Daudet has so truthfully
portrayed under the pseudOnyme OF Queen
Frederick of Illyra" in his novel above men
toned. She is a sister Of the Empress of Aus
tria, and like the latter, devoted to horses. Her
winters are spent in Paris, and every day in the
early morning she may be seen cantering through
the avenues and picturesque bridlepaths Of the
Bots de Boulogne. Horses, indeed, monopolize her
attention during the greater part Of the day and
constitute her chief interest in life. She finds
hat bar al no
who have not desillusoned her Curiousy
enough, her husband, the formerly handsome King
Francis does not share his wife's tastes in this
and has never been seen on horse
back either at Paris in London He is re-
ported to prefer cards TO horses. and was formerly
a frequent habitue of the Partisan clubs and
tripots. He is rather contemplate creature, and
was guilty of something very much akin to down
right cowardice at the siege of Gaeta by the
Garibadan forces Indeed, it was his wife who
was forced by his conduct to assume the direction
and command Of the defence of this, the last
stronghold of Neapoitan royalty Her behavior
on that occasion was as heroic as that of her
husband was the reverse. and all Europe rang at
the time with enthusiastic praise of her gallantry
and courage, which have since become the theme
of many an artist both of pen and brush. While
at Paris, | may add she resides with
her husband the fourth or fifth floor of a
decidedly second, if not thrd-rate, hotel, Just off
the Champs Elysees They see but few friends,
those who had remained true 10 them having
died off, while the others-well. they have aban-
doned the worship Of sun that has set 1t is
only on certain anniversaries that few old re-
tainers call to pay their respects and to kiss the
hands of both the Queen and the King with all
the Difference and homage of happier days The
eX-Queen never goes out anywhere In the evening.
dimes quietly at her hotel and by nine or ten at
the latest the lights in the Queens apartments are
for the night. The ex-King, how
ever is frequently to be at the theatres, either
in bagnoir boxes or if alone in the stalls
Entirely different were the snrrnnndinns of the