New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
EXEMPT FROM PROBATE

Royal wills are exempt from the necessity Of
oelng prohated in the courts Of law. and the pub
nc Is seldom permitted 20 become acquainted with
Ns PROVISIONS thereof These are communicated
Only u the royal parties Immediately concerned,
and It is only by casual indiscretion or by some
cnange in the character Of the investments that the
features thereof become known. Thus. 70 this dav.
no one has any definite knowledge of the dispo-
stlon OF the money left by Queen Victoria That
she bequeathed both Osborne and BalmoraI TO her
eoest SON. the present King. could not Of course
e Kept concealed But how she distributed her
stocks and bonds few know: but It Is believed
Iat me Duke OF Conneugft his sister the Princess
Ieene' and. above all Princess Beatrice widow
VI Henry OF Battenberg. We're the chief beneficf-
aries.
Ne should never have known anything about
ne provisions Of the will of Queen Henrietta ~
ossum had it not been for the lawsuit Instituted
= former Crown Princess 6tephanie against her
amer King Leopold, for what she alleged 10 be
- snare Of her mothers fortune and TO this dav
- ole seems 10 know what the Queen really did
rave since her husband insists that she beoueathed
Possessed '-'--''
Al thar the public knows Of the VIII Of Emperor
.s1anoer III OF Russia was that he left legacy og
80" 10 MS favorite sister-in-Iaw Queen Alex
MID This fact being brought to light in connec-
~'a with the unsuccessful attempt of the Treasury
a-'aoFlties and internal revenue officials In Eng
=, ~ ieFy succession duties upon the amount
-h vas on deposit at the Bank Of England
alexander II, fearing that his testamentsrv
rr .SAes with regard 10 his morganatic wife and
1e'l-nete children would not receive execution
eI MS death. invested vast sums for their beue-
: soFoad prior to his murder. That Queen Chris
- o. Spain was of the largest beneficiaries
-lef the Will Of her uncle Archduke Albert or
-Slla Is no secret. and that the late King Victor
Emmanuel left nothing but debts which have been
80 on his son. King Bumbert. and by his grand
=, me present King. is likewise known
ga Emperor William at the time Of his death
90 sum Of about So 10000 in the hands Of his
.--sete banker. the late Baron Kohn. Il was owing
l-NeIences OF opinion with regard 10 its invest
,e' and disposition that the late Prince stolberg
esneo' in somewhat sensational manner. his
s's' as Minister Of the Royal Household. shortly
a'''' 70 the accession of the present Kaiser How
vas bequeathed az Emperor Frederick's death
:" Know, though IT is understood that he made
viii naming his uncle Duke Ernest of SAKE
.oOuTg and Leopold OF Belgium executors selec-
1oLs which did not meet with the approval Of most
y Ms family. and Of his advisers. The tenor of En-
t'ess Frederick's viii remains a secret TO this
-s'' tbs only thing thereof that is known being.
I@t fhe bequeathed her palace at Kronberg near
--'iaourg. TO her younger daughter Princess Fred
TICK Charles Of Hesse. But unless money be-
s1ea1hed under royal wills is invested abroad. II
= "aFs remains more or less under the control OF
-e sovereign, who in the event Of there being no
the
toCNG GI4ADsToNE's COMING OF AGE.
hhile Englaad's famous statesman William f
<~assons prevented by the claims OF the Fol-