Royalty and Marriage.
Royal personag s almost invariably marry young. The Qaeen was not quite 21 when she married Prince Albf-rt ; the Prince of Wales was not 22 when he wedded Princess Alexandra, ; the late C/.-.iv of Russia whs only 22 when lie married Princess Dagmar, sister of the Princess of Wal< s, who was 20 ; Kin a Humbert of Italy was 24 when lie married Ihe seventeen-year-old March en ta ; and the Emp ror of Austria was 23 when he wedded tlie lovely Princess Elizabeth, who was lf». The .King of the Belgians was first married at the age of 18 ; ihe lo.te King of Spain was married lirst at i the age of 19, and had a second wife when he was 22 ; and the German Emperor was only 22 when he married the Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holatein-Augustenburg. o
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2983, 5 August 1898, Page 3
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142Royalty and Marriage. Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2983, 5 August 1898, Page 3
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