New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
p-;,or Victor q Grandfather.

Rv an unfortunate coincidence. which
%,ss excited considerable amount OF
amused comment Ct the various courts c-
7-,,-or,e and more especially IN the good
of-v OF Brussels. Prince Victor Napoleon
hsoe1,e = grandfather On the very day OF
--fs raadiog st the castle OF Moncaieri TO
PRINCESS CIementine OF Belgium Prince
Tysrro-- during his residence OF twenty :
sour years in exile at Brussels, mas heo
several feminine entsnglernenIs. one OF
-rhscb led 70 his being hooted with cries
of Down with Totor." at the popular
Gallery Theatre. Toror Is q sort OF coh-
+emptuous corruption Of Victor 1rle most
SERIOUS OF all these enLansleI21enJs was lheI
with The Comtesse De Beauclalre, VINO pre-
ssn-s5 him with no fewer than four chill
argn. TWO girls and TWO boys Inc eloesI
Of these girls married last winter and has
5-su become z mother at Brussels mus
rendering Prince Victor e grandfather on
MS wedding day.
Contrary 10 what has been alleged. the
--5--a has never contracted any morga-
na-ic alliance, that is TO say, he never
went through any civil or religious form OF
-rarriage whatsoever with the mother or
Lys children. who was formerly known on
-f,e stage as Marie Blot, and who was
created Con,resse de Beauclaire by King
--i-+or Emmanuel. Had he done so he
ro-,ld not have welded Princess Cfernen-
tine Without seeking beforehand olssolu-
ion of his previous matrimonial bonds
Strictly speaking, there are no such
-I-irgs as rno-ganaJic marriages in france
Belgium, OF. for the matter CT that II
England. L in France or in Belgium
rc~al personage satisfies his conscience ny
Wedding enthusiastically q woman whoTn ne
cannot marry civiily, on account OF ner II
se-forirv Of rank he remains bound N the
evas o. The Church, though not IN those OF
-he law. Thus, had Prince Victor married
1Frae Beauclaire enthusiastically, ne coulo
-o- have contracted another ecclesiastical
--rso- With Princess Cleuentine OF Bel
z1-,r77. Though he could have made the pr1n-
cess his wife IN the eyes Of the law by
means Of 2 civil ceremony, on the ground
-har his marriage TO Nine de Bauclane
had no legal value The French royal Duc
5e Berry welded Princess Caroline OF Ma
Pies IN great state and with much re-
tgious ponp. during the hfetlTne OF his
v-grssr vr,fe Arav Brown. on the ground
that his purely ecclesiastical union 10 tne
ls--e~ IN England had been contracted
without the consent Of his uncle King
Louis XVIII. and OF his father, Charles
rnsitties necessary 10 invest 1t with any
Ieeal validity IN France For the Due oe
Berry. as q foreign roval visitor. enjoyed
eg-territoriai p-erosarives in Great BRIT
ain. and was subject there not 10 the
laHs Of England but 70 those OF his own
country.
King Ceorge " is now proved TO have
contracted a religious union with Mrs
Thomas Ei,zhertert but owing 10 It's
being contrary 10 the royal marriage
laws il was invalid. and IT was this that
enabled him 20 contract later on natri-
moniaI alliance with Princess Caroline OF
Brunswick The late Duke Of Cambridge
Was enthusiastically married TO the lrlsh
sctress, Miss Farebrother- But the union
had NJ etatnto-v value in England owing
10 the royal marriage laws, and eonse-
quently he could. had he so wished, nave
married during the lifetime OF Mrs f1'z-
george. e. woman OF his own royal rank