Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

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the worst firt Of all the princesses. 10
IN that direction the conquest Of the
king was not brilliant success. May
pc ne met his match At any rate,
Helena wasted no time, but turned to
the other and more. exciting, if less
dangerous, flirtations, and the alliance
between Russia and Spain was dropped
with mutual honors.
The affair with the Princess Ade-
latde of Parma threatened for a time
to DC serious. That Irritation took
Europe by surprise and the king, who
had been proclaimed laggard in love,
began to show evidences of being a
heart-breaker. 1t seems that he was
ATTRACTED toward the pretty and "im-
possible" princess Impossible from
political standpoint) on seeing her,
and conducted his flirtations for him.
SELF but in a short time he dropped
that"
Then came the most amazing OF all
his f1irtations, one that was rather
forced upon him, but which he en-
gagged in with such good will that all
| the court at Madrid was shocked. This
girl wasn't princess, but just plain
! miss, and her name was Miss Anna
Campbell, her father being a multi
| millionaire of Buenos Ayres. Miss
Campbell, whose mother was Span
ish lady, was; at San Sebastian, and
fell in love with the king, who seemed
to reciprocate her affections.
Perhaps loves young dream was
budding, and possibly the king would
have liked to slip away after supper,
meet his best girl and take walk
with her through some shady lovers
lane, but the queen mother simply
asked Mr.. Campbell to take his girl
away and the filtration ended like a
flash.
!. Religion an Obstacle.
The affair with the Archduchess
Elizabeth of Austria was short The
match was considered eminently de-
sirable from political and church
standpoints, and she was pretty, and
graceful, and witty. But no sooner
had people begun to talk than the
king apparently fell head over heels
in love with the Archduchess Gilmore
Marie, daughter of Archduke Charles,
who is declared to be the most beauti-
full young woman in all Austria The
attraction appeared to be mutual and
there was lot OF gossip, but it ended
in nothing
The affair with Victoria Louise OF
Germany followed within a few weeks.
There was much secret rejoicing in
Spain over the possibility that the
king would get married and settle
down to nice, steady life of ruling
with the favorite daughter of the
kaiser to help him handle the reins OF
government. The young people ap-
peared extremely fond of each other
but there wa$ an obstacle. No one
who is not and will not. become Ro-
man Catholic can hope ever to become
a queen of Spain-and the princess is
a Lutheran.
So that filtration ended in gossip
and the king, possibly in pique, start.
ed Irritation with the Archduchess
Gabrielle of Austria, who was much
favored by the kings mother Gabri.
ellie is beautiful and clever, and a
. skilled rider, and she rode right over
the kings heart when they met, but
whether they had lovers quarrel OF
whether the king objected to having
his mother pick q wife for him, OF
whether something else happened, NJ
one knows except them, and that was
r. dropped.
People had begun talking about the
king by that time, and when he
seemed to fall head over heels in love
with the Duchess Marie AntOinette Of
Mecklenburg- Schwerin it was whis
| pered that he had met his fate at last
The duchess is a perfect type OF Ger
man beauty and is the daughter of thu
Archduke Frederick Paul and grea
friend of Emperor William and al
his children. Indeed, it is said thai
Eitel ,Fritz-but maybe that is onl,
gossip. People will talk.
Dropped Marie for Ena.
There were no objections to Marie
Antoinette at all, for, unlike ner rela'
/
the people of both nations would have
welcomed the alliance. But suddenly
Alfonso dropped Marie, probabl,
! never sent her letters back or asked
her to return his, and fell head Over
heels in love with Ena. Her whole
name is Princess Victoria Eugene
Julia Ena of Battenberg, and she i:
the daughter of Princess Beatrice, sc
/ that would make her German ant
English. Maybe Alfonso was trying tt
t'cut out" Eitel Fritz, for the German
prince was reported in love with hi:
cousin Ena Ena is the daughter O
King Edwards youngest sister and sh'
is just as English as she can be, al
though her name sounds German ant
her father was Of German origin. Sh'
is one Of the favorites of the British
king, and the beauty, or one of tn
beauties, of the British royal family.
It was known that Alfonso, smitte1
with the charms of Ena, made desper
ate love and carried on a correspond
ence with her through the Princes
Victoria, her aunt.
And when it was announced tina
Alfonso was to visit England every
body said it was all fixed. But Will
in England Alfonso saw the Princes
Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth O
l Connaught, niece of King Edward an
t cousin of Ena. Her father is Prime
Arthur William Patrick of Connaugh