SERBIAN SCAPEGRACE
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright BELGRADE, August 19. _ The Government has decided to strip Prince George of all the privileges of the Royal House, and has prohibited his entering tho Royal properties. Prince George abdicated in 1909. He returned recently from abroad, and began causing trouble. Ho claims to bo the direct heir to the Throne, as King Alexander, who was recently married, has no son. Prince George complained in tho newspapers that the allowance which the Government granted him was insufficient for his exalted station. The Government replied that his income was a sufficiently liberal one, _ and that his behaviour was not what might be expected from a Royal Prince. The Government warned him that if ho persisted l in his present course it might bo compelled to take action against him. Prince George replied that ho would not bo intimidated, and demanded to know what provision his father, tho late King Peter, had made for him. It is rumored that King Peter’s will disappeared after his death.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18052, 21 August 1922, Page 4
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