NAPOLEON'S RELICS.
HIS SWORD AND CLOAK.
■'in lieu of money claim. (Per Press Association —Copyright.) This Day, 10.5.) PARIS, May 6. The 25-year-old dispute between the late Empress Eugenie and the French Government has been settled. _ The Empress, in 1899, was awarded 2,287,000 francs from the Imperial civil list, but the money was not paid, and is now clue to the Empress's heiress, Princess Marie, the 12-year-old daughter of the Prince Victor Napoleon. As the death duties and transfer fees amount to four and a-half million francs, Marie has waived all claims, provided the State gives her Napoleon's sword and cloak, which is the property of Queen Hor tense.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10106, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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109NAPOLEON'S RELICS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10106, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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