New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-27
END OF A ROYAL. ROMANCE
Sorry Death Of Prince Who Sacri-
feed Rights 10 Throne.

That man VITO sacrificed his rights 10 tho ste
passion 10 a throne ane 10 the enjoyment Of the
.,-oroeatiges the power and tie emouments OF a
.-,geut 20 wed of the most beautiful and fase-
Ling priaucsses IN Europe should meet with mis-
I..th Al ,ho close - drunken carouse !n an ali
,,e,,t restaurant ca Berlin by tumbling DOWN
,ajrs era breaking lis neck. according 10 The least
,,,ssvcfy version Of The story OF how he lost hts
ne Iaust he loo,ed upon a siuguariy sad ard
.rroiIe ending TO what formerly regarded as
,e ~ tho most charming rcn,aEceE Of Old World
rc,A.p
20 c..!onburE-ScAwerin unc!e Of The present
,,.,,-g Grand Dui1e Of MecaIerbu-s -Scavverfn.
80 brother ct the Prince Consort Of the Neither
lands and OF tas Grand Duchess OF Oldenburg.
nose husband. - may he remembered, paid such
= hurried yis!: 10 THIS country last spring Duke
nj VINO NAs a very good looking man % about
,fy-two years. zen IN lore 81 1851 with Princess
Nsr.e wlrdis>hgr4tz. an aunt OF that Prince Otto
.-T-d.rchcratz WHO married ArcEducheFs Eliza
,eh oay child % the late Crown Prince Of Aus
,-ia md gTEUddaughter therefore Of Emperor
vr~re,s Joseph The princess whose beauty made
f1re- IN London wheG she came there nc; long
,,er Ter marriage. aad who Al Queen Alexaadra's
,soncst remained there fhrush tie entire season.
,c,noipc one Of hcr most Intimate friends. was a
Cs,bollc and The late Grand Dake o. MeckleaburE-
ee,Vrerir wouid give the sanction 70 Tho marriage
,-slsuepsalle 20 render il legal union only
90 condition tho; Duke raul renowned both for
,,,,s.lf ana Ior las chldreG. who being brought
-, a. Catholics. al rights % succession the
100 Duke paul himself became a Catholic. and
yb., his elder brother committed SUICIDE and 1t
bs,s,ne necessary 10 establish 81 regency during
- ,i7o-ty of his nephew. the present grand duke.
IA v-oe rassed over. ana MS younger brother Duke
5osr was appointed regent IL his stead. Duke
Pants death viii probably make necessary the post
,cning % Ire 1arr4aso q his nephew. The reiEnirg
grand duke, 10 Princess Al AaAafa OF England ara
brunswick mex: month
On lima Is next Eias Peter Of servia Will he
,,lar-Bly consecratcG king al the monastery OF
1atcha in the same way rs was King Alexander
g,or 10 Rad attained his majority lie Will NOT be
,rou,ned. hut merely anoutcd with the holy oils
and blessed IS perfectly true that shortly after
bls accession TO the throne he caused his cousin 10
fcslo, q roval crown for him at Paris. but the de-
,irn has never been executed. and, indeed there
ere no such things IS crown. a sceptre aud orb,
or any other o. these insignia Of royalty in Serva.
Peters neehbor. King Charles OF Rumania, has a
crown Il IS not made of gold nor Of any precious
metal but OF steel Jaken from the guns captured
.n the war or 1871 By the Rumanans from The
Turk. With regard 10 Prince FeTdinand's crown
the pu.lic has been made aware by the lawsuits
brought against him by jewellers OF Munich that IL
IL still on hands and that although he ordered
81 he does not propose 10 take delivery thereof
10 pay for il until he has received the sanction OF
She powers 70 proclaim himself King
The Kings CT Italy neither crowned nor con
secrated, but they have crown, namely. the IA
nous and historic so-called Iron Crown, which IS
kept in the treasury of the cathedral Mt Monza.
With this Napoleon ] crowned himself at Milan.
and the Emperor OF Austria was forced 10 turn il
over Italy after the OF 1850. In the eyes Of
ell Roman Catholics # is regarded with the most
profound reverence in the light OF sacred relic.
the broad gold hand of which II is composed serv-
3ng sort Of frame 10 the long iron nail which IL
clasps ana which is sale % have been OF those
with which Christ nailed 10 the Cross.
or ali the European mouarchs however. the
who has the largest number or crowns Sc undoubt-
edly Emperor Francis Joseph. for he has the crown
hnd the other imperial insignia Of Charlemagne
the crown 81 81. Stephen Of Hungary as King OF
the Magyars. and the crown OF ST Wenceslaus as
King Of Bohemia. besides number OF others
Kings however, nowadays never wear their crowns
save al their ooronatons. ard inasnuch as many OF
fhem dispense with the ceremony OF coronation
tney nave no opportunity whatsoever TO don them
Indeed the only Old World monarch who puts his
crown 10 any use is King Oscar OF Sweden who
Until recently. was wont 10 perch Il on his head in
father rakish fashion when opening Parliament
al stockholm and at Christania