THE FRENCH PRETENDER.
DUKE OF GUISE SUCCEEDS. -(Per jPress .Association— Copyright.) PARIS, March 29. The itoyalis t paper, "L' Action Francaise," announces the Due d'Orleans' death under the hugei headline, "The ETing "is Dead. Long Live the Biig.' rt , _ . It presumes that the Due de Guise, the Duke of Orleans' heir, will claim the Trench Throne and the title Jean Third. The Duke of Guise is not interested "himself in Royalist politics. If be accepts the Pretendershrp, he will be forced to leave France. Other newspapers drew attention to the fact that the Duke of Orleans desired to be buried at Dreux. . The Count and Countess of Paris, members of the Orleans' family, were buried in Surrey, and did not desire to be interred in the Royal Tombs at Dreux until the Trench Government gave permission for the' "King of France" to attend the funeral. Should tlie Government permit tine Duke of Guise to attend the Duke ot Orleans' burial, it is expected that I the bodies of the Count and Countess of Paris will be removed thither.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10704, 31 March 1926, Page 5
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178THE FRENCH PRETENDER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10704, 31 March 1926, Page 5
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