POSED AS A PRINCE.
YOUNG MINER’S GAY TIME. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. PARIS, Dec. 27. Posing as Prince Wilhelm'of Prussia, the grandson of the ex-Kaiser travelling incognito as Baron Korff, a 20-year-old miner in the Baltic Provinces, had a hectic masquerade, in which he was feted by the civic and military authorities, and sat in the royal box at the theatre at a gala performance given in his honour. Afterwards the Mayor and the high army officers paid their respects. He accepted invitations from Count yon Nassan and Count von Blueeher to lead a hunting party at Tuengda Castle, where he occupied the best suite. When he heard that the father of the real prince was arriving to join the party, he borrowed substantial sums and vanished.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 29 December 1926, Page 5
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127POSED AS A PRINCE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 29 December 1926, Page 5
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