RUSSIAN THRONE
POSSIBLE HEIR BORN. SON OF GRAND-DUKE DIMITRI. A MORGANATIC MARRIAGE. (Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 27. Princess Anna Ilyinsky, wife of the Grand-Duke Dimitri, who is titular Tsar and head of the Russian Imperial family, has given, birth to a son in London. The Princess is a daughter of John Emery, the American millionaire leather king. As there is no. issue of another Grand Duke in direct succession, the Ilyinski baby may some day be clamed to he the legitimate heir to the Russian throne. The Grand Duke Dimitri was! exiled from Russia following the assassination of Rasputin. Ho worked as a wine agent in Paris for £5 a week, and was a. clerk in New York prior to a brilliant wedding at Biarritz. According to the Russian Royal code, the marriage is morganatic, and the bride could not become the Grand 1 Duchess, but was given the courtesy title of Princess. She is popular in London a(ociety, and is a, first-class horse-woman.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 92, 28 January 1928, Page 5
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