MAHARAJAH'S ROMANCE.
MARRIES BEGGAR GIRL.
PARIS, -February 24: Romance has entered the- life of the proud and splendid Maharajah of Kapurthala, according to a. wondrous tale of the potentate and a beggar-maid told by v ."Le Journal." Some years ago the Delgados, father, mother, and two little girls, lived' at Malaga on the proceeds ;of a fried fish stall at a streetcorner. They went to Madrid to better themselves, and the t\vp little gwls learnt dancing. The ''Hermanas Camelias" were tiny stars just bagjning to sparkle on the music-hall stage in Madrid at the time of Alfonso Xlll.'s wedding. For the latter ceremony the Maharajah ofi Kapurthala Went to Madrid, saw the sisters, aiiad was vanquished by the elder. He carried hei\ off; gave her a palace in Paris, and' masters and mistresses to teach every accomplishment befitting a princess. The other day Anita Delgado that was, the little Spanish dancing girl, whose father kept a fried-fish stall in the streets of Malaga, was married to the Tndian Prince, and she is now her Highness the Maharanee of Kapurthala, and both axe expected in Paris on their honeymoon.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 16 April 1908, Page 3
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