The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21
SPECIAL WEIISKEY
FOR ROYAL FAMILY
ny Ia MAnoU1sE DE FoNTENoY.

ny Ia MAnoU1sE DE roNTENoY.
teens with whiskey stills. that
ny through their omission to pay
the tax upon spirits provided by
law, engage the unwelcome attention
police and OF the bulary; There
IS one of those whiskey disti1lerit-s
| however, which. although it pays no
duty whatsoever on It's produce. Is ney-
officers OF the law. for It Is situated on
the Balmoral estate, and the owner
OF the d!stillery Is no less person
age than George v. who in this. as
law" since. according to the English
Constitution. the King can do no
wrong" It is .tri'e that the whiskey
| Is manufactured not, for sale, but for
the members of his family and OF some
particular personal friends: an excuse
which perhaps the owners OF the IL
licit stills elsewhere in the Highlands
truth. The royal distillery is situated
ed Lochnagar. and the whiskey pro-
led Lechnagar. and the whiskey pro-
cellars Of Buckingham Palace for.
twenty years before consumption. No
other Scotch whtskey than that OF
the kings dist!llery at Lochnagar is
served on any OF the royal tables in
From London comes the announce
ment OF the marriage there OF Count
John Clary-et-AldrinEen. n-ly son and
heir OF the prince Of that ilk. to a
young Bohemian girl. the daughter OF
nouncing the marriage describes the
| house OF Clary- t-Aldringcn as "me-.
dtatlzed." but this is not the case
It's members are free In law to wed
iscted to the restrictions imposed upon.
the. mediatized, or formerly petty Sow
eretgn families in matters matrimo-3
NAL and do not enjoy the Eaters
dynasties. Of contracting morganatlc
alliances. Therefore. providing young
Count John has fulfilled the English.
legal requirements, his marriage In
recognition by his relatives. and the
daughter Of the petty shopkeeper OF
Prague will become the mistress. OF
the beautiful chateau of the Clary-et-
OF the palaces OF the head OF the
house In the Herrengasse. at Vienna.
and on the Grand Canal. in Venice
The ry-et-Aldringens constitute
nobility OF Bohemia. where they have
vast possessions. They are OF Italian
origin, the founder Of the family hay
lng been en- IL that Florentine noble. Bar
naturaliZed in Bohemia, and who was
admitted into the Bohemian aristocra-
az G,. away back in the fourteenth century.
me name and the arms OF Aldringens
rlage of Baron Clary in the seven
teenth century with the last surviving
sister OF the famous Austrian general.
Gount Aldringen. The titleNof prince
Was granted to the head OF the family
loo years ago by Empress Maria The
Tesa Tor military services rendered
curing the Seven Years War against
hh re the Great. The youngest
et-Aldringen, Count Manfred, was for
sss,yeral years Prime Minister Of Aus
Ira Ira, while another brother was for
l9ng ne. envoy 1,vy Of Emperor Francis
princes only sister, Edmee. is the
Wla9 o Of that Count Charles Nicholas
dtat Rnra ai NIB in Vienna, Minister
m MI. to King Humbert. The prince. de-
spite s{1 MS extensive estates and his va
r ntq palaces, is not particularly we'll
b b.' nay na;yd1ng spent more money than
a as Leader of the Ultra-C Conservative and
clerical l'i party in Bohemia.
: although as the dukedom Of otranto.4
Of MS Minister Of Police. Fouche, is
2 a. French dignity. yet The newSd like IS,
itiRe MS father before him, q swede,s
crack regimen OF, Drag oon Guards, Isl
a. cha1nberlain OF the Queen Of Sweden
a an !, godson Of Queen Alexandra Of
IN y g si1 On the occasion of the visit
Stockholm three years ago, he was at at
|tached to their suite and Sde corated on
that 9ssaaslon With the English Victo1
f 81 Il opde = The dukes mo her. bY
married as her first husband the Hon.
w liam George Grey, one Of the many hi;
sens {. ms q ct the second Earl Grey. and as
one OF the Fladle in fwaiting Is Queen
alexandra on tho occas ion Of the lat
tiers marriage in 1868, Mrs. Grey,