ROYAL ALLOWANCES.
In view of the decision respecting an allowance for the Duke of Windsor, it may he some consolation to recall, that Governments in the past have; had come very diTicult questions of the ■ same character to deal with. The sons of Oeorcrp HI. (say- the "Liverpool.' Post"! made unblushing demand- on the public purse. When Princes.s Charlotte died and the matter of the succession became pressing, there was some speculation among the princes to the possible advantages of marrying, ,and becoming the father of the ultimate heir. The Duke -of Kent explained to Creevy, Clerk to the Privy Council, that the terms which his elder brother,' Clarence, demanded were "such that Ministers can never comply with. Besides a settlement such as is proper in a prince who marries expressly for the succession, he demands the payment of all his debts, and a handsome provision for each of his ten natural ! children." j
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 156, 3 July 1937, Page 14
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