PRINCESS ROYAL ILL

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 6, 2 October 1929, Page 11

PRINCESS ROYAL ILL

GASTRIC HAEMORRHAGE CONDITION OF HEART CAUSES ANXIETY (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, September 30. The Princess Royal, the King’s eldest sister, has been taken ill at Mar Lodge, Braemar. The following bulletin was issued today : “The Princess Royal had a slight gastric hemorrhage yesterday. Her Royal Highness passed a restful night, but the condition of the heart causes some anxiety.” It is stated that the Illness began with a chill. The Princess Royal, who was born in 1867, married at the age of 22 the Earl of Fife. Her love match with the Earl, who was not of Royal blood, appealed strongly to the public. The Earl was created Duke of Fife at the wedding breakfast. The Princess with the Duke and their two daughters had a narrow eScape from death in 1907 when the liner Delhi, in which they were travelling for the opening of the Khartum Cathedral, was wrecked off Tangier. They were all thrown into the sea, when the lifeboat collapsed, but were rescued by sailors. The Duke died in Egypt a month after the wreck. The Princess’s elder daughter, who married Prince Arthur of Connaught, is at present staying at Mar Lodge. Her younger daughter is Lady Maud Carnegie. MORE REASSURING NEWS Australian Press Association. (Rec. October 1, 7 p.m.)

London, September 80.

The latest messages from Braemar are more reassuring. The hemorrhage is slight. It is hoped the doctors will allow the Princess to travel to London at the week-end.