“GRAND DUCHESS’S” GRAND MANNER.
* — STORIES OF “DIVORCED WIFE OF EX-KING.” By claiming to be a- Royal heiress, it wia-s -alleged at Hytthfi (Hants) Police Court, Mils: Olga Jeannette Hardm induced a number of people to lend' her money totalling fiver £2OOO. • With her husba*d, John Kay Hardin, she was charged with obtaining the money by false pretences. One of the -charges involved £IO9B. Tjo the various people who lent her money, according to the prosecution, Mrs. Hardin described herself as-: “ Daughter of the ia-te Gzar of Russia and,of a European queen. Princess Olga of Riilsisia. Divorced wife of ex-King Constantine of Greece. A Grand Duchess of Russia. Only member of the Russian Royal Family -who was saved fromthe Revolution. Widow of -a Greek count who was killed in the -hunting field. , Lady Olga Victoria Blenheim Astin. „ , , i Mrs-. Hardin had also described herself, it is stated, as heiress t-o some £3 000.00-0, . and had stated that Mr. Justice Darling paid £BOOO out of his own packet to help her in a law dispute. „ , . , She offered -some of tlie lenders remunerative posts oh her estates, said the iproisecubing solicitor. A ison-m----la-w, in New Zealand, of one of the lenders, cabled accepting an appointment. , » Mr. and Mrs. Hardin were sent lor trial. ....
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 September 1925, Page 3
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