The Washington herald., 1913-09-25
Copyright, 1913. by A. D. JaeObsOnn

There were seventy royal princes and
princesses at ex-Kins Manuers wedding
in SigmarIngen the other day. This mar
rage was IN no sense state ceremonial
and the only guests were relatives OF the
bride and bridegroom. There were no
"officiaT' representatives of sovereigns
The Kings Of Italy and Roumania we're
represented by members OF their respect
i've families because they are near rela'
tives. The Infante Don Carlos, OF Bour-
bon-SicIly. and his wife, the Infanta Lou
ise arrived from Spain to attend, be-
cause she is a sister Of Queen Amelie
end an aunt of the bridegroom. King
George Of England sent his son. the
Prince of Wales
There has been a deal of trouble in
Germany about the wedding arrange
nents The Emperor William sent one
Of his younger sons, Prince EiteI r rlIZ'
despite the fact that objections nave
been raised as the bridegroom still Is an
active claimant for the throne of PoTtu-
gal and is believed to favor the Royal
lists plots, of which so much mas been
heard. These difficulties were Increased
BY the fact that "a Royalist deputauon
from Lisbon attended the wedding. Ex-
King Manuel will have to alter his atu-
tude IL he expects to receive ofnciaI
attention from any of the European
courts. for he cannot properly be noticed
while he is still supposed to be mixed up
with conspiracies against the Portuguese
government. which has been universally
recognized.
Ex-King Manuel has been treating for
some time for a residence near Aber-
corn House, Richmond. the palace OF his
mother. Queen Amelia. and has secured
one at Twickenham, which he Will oc-
cupy when he returns to England after
his honeymoon with his bride, Princess
Augustine Victoria of HOhenzollern-SiG-
maringen. The house is known as Full
well Park and IS a two-storied, commo-
dious structure, standing back slightly
from the Staines Road. Mosu Of the in
rited guests assembled at Prince VIII
iam's castle in Sigmaringen, among them
the Comtesse de Paris, grandmother of
King Manuel. the Due de Montpensier.
the Due and Duchess de Guise. a..
The greatest difficulty was experienced
ever the dowry settlements. The brides
father is immensely wealthy, and so is
the bride herself in her ovn right. She
insisted to have the sole disposition OF
her fortune vested in herself, and had
her way.
But while Manuel is King who is no
King. the Hohenzollerns of Sigmaringen
are ROYALTIES who are no royalties
They are of the senior (Catholic) branch
of the Hohenzollern house and therefore
consider themselves higher than their
great kinsman. the German Kaiser. But
they are a mediatized dynastic family,
having lost the sovereignty OF their
hiIly little principality in South Germany
some sixty years ago.
No one really knows why the wealthy,
so highly connected princess welded
Manuel after all the world has laughed
at his laisons and his debts 1t is
marriage de convenance," nothing else.
Manuers chief counselor and chum, the
Marquis de Several (his former Ambas-
sador to England, insisted that his for
mer King should be married with 1uli
royal ceremony, and Prince William, the
sturdy HohenzoIlern prince and Prus-
sian general, though stickler for eti-
uuette was almost ready to give IN
when an intermeddiing Portuguese law
yer. sent Manuel a typewritten letter
stating that William of Hohenzollerh had
no right to claim the position of minor
court The prince lost his sovereignty
in 1879 Just as scores of other German
Irinces lost theirs in Vienna congress
times. and so far, from being full roy
atty he is a mere mediatized royalty.
The question of etiquette was compli-
Gated by the relationship OF Manuel to
his bride. The brides grandmother was
herself a Portuguese princess and a
great-aunt of Manuel. Manuel in his
kindly way showed the document to
Prince wilhelm. who told Manuel In fu-
ture to seek advice only from the Mar