MOURNING IN BRITAIN.
■ THE DTJKE OF. ORLEANS. (Rec.. Feb. 3,, 10 p.m.) : .' ' i London, February 3. King Edward has cancelled tlio Court season, and has directed that a month's mourning bo observed. His' Majesty has, cancelled his visits to Copenhagen r.nd Cbristiania. Tho Duke of Orleans heard .'thq< news of tho tragedy at' Naples, and proposed; to leave immediately for .Lisbon,- hut later despatches induced him to proceed ttj • Madrid, February 3. King Alfonso, who was at Seville; hurried to Madrid to condolo with the Countess Do: Paris.
THE ORL'EANS FAMILY. The Duke of Orlcansj Prince Louis Philippe Robert, is a brother of.'.Oueeii; Amelie'. The; Comto do Paris, Louis Philippe Albert, who; died in 1891, was their'"- father. V.lii' : lS6t" "tlie Comto do Paris married his cousin, the Prin-: cess Marie lsabelle, ; da'tighter'of the l}uc do Montpensier. This Princess, the widow of the Comto do Paris, is probably the Countess of Paris to whom King "Alfonso of Spain hastened 10 convey his condolences in view of.thi\ bereavement which lias befallen her daughter; Queen Amelie. As the Queen is tho .'sister' of the present Duke of Orleans, it was no doubt: to sympathise with Iter that ho at first proposed to go to Tlie Duko of Orleans is the head of tho Hojtsc';Of Orleans, and tho chief claimant to'the 4'hrone of France, where tho Bxnulsion Act of ISBG prevents him residing. Queen Maria _ Pia,': mother of tho late King Carlos, and widow; of tho late Kinij Luis: I. is a daughter of the late King Yittorio ilmanuele of Italy. Prince Affouso Henriques, brother of the lato King Carlos, was born on July 31, 1865. ■<;: The Praca do Coinmorclo'is one of tho four principal snnares of Lisbon.. It is open on one sido to the Rivor Tagus; arid hero is located the ianding-plnce where the Royal party disembarked on Saturday. "-'Tho 1 Praca do Commercio is surrounded on its other three 6ides by tho Custom-house and Government n®ces, with a spacious arcade.beneath - 1
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 112, 4 February 1908, Page 7
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331MOURNING IN BRITAIN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 112, 4 February 1908, Page 7
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