COURT ROMANCE.
ARCHDUKE'S RENUNCIATION. Another Austrian Archduke has retired from Court life for the sake of a woman of humble birth (wrote the Vienna correspondent of the 'Daily Mail' last month). The Archduke Henry Ferdinand, son of the late Grand Duke of Tuscany and broflier of the ex-Princess Louise of Saxony, who will be thirty-four next February, has always been noted for his artistic talent. Although a captain of Dragoons, he has shown little interest in a military career, and always had disputes with his brother officers. Without asking for leave of absence the Archduke recently went to Munich; to follow a course of studies in paint-1 ing and modelling. While visiting a! studio there he met a woman of inferior birtli but great beauty, with whom he immediately fell in love. Family influence has been brought to bear on the Archduke, and he has J promised to abondon for the present the lidea of marriage. The Emperor Francis I Joseph has granted him indefinite leave [of absence from his regiment and per- [ mission to pursue his art studies at [Munich.
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Mataura Ensign, 26 January 1912, Page 3
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181COURT ROMANCE. Mataura Ensign, 26 January 1912, Page 3
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