LOCKED IN PALACE

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 May 1936, Page 10

LOCKED IN PALACE

A MONACO PRINCESS. MONTE CARLO, March 28. In the lovely palace built in the rocks over Monaco Harbour a 14-year-p!d princess is to-day in the keeping of her grandfather, Prince Louis, absolute monarch of the eight square miles that go to make up one of the world’s tiniest countries. There he is determined she shall stay. There, too, he will see that, she is not allowed to become “too English.” Meanwhile her father. Prince Pierre (io Polignac, has complained formally to M. Bru, examining magistrate of Baris, that, his daughter, the little Princess Antoinette of Monaco, was "abducted” from his home “by persons unknown.” Tire princess’ mother. Princess Charlotte of Monaco, whose marriage to Prince Pierre was dissolved in 1933. called voluntarily on M. Bru to clear up the situation. Princess Charlotte came to the point at; <mce. She did not attempt,to disguise that it was at her and Princess Louis’ request that tho little princess was taken from Paris to the Riviera. “Prince Louis,” she said, “was dissatisfied with the too-English education the princess was getting. He wants to have French tutors and French governesses. The first thing he did when Princess Antoinette arrived back in Monaco was to get rid of her British governess.”