KING ALFONSO'S CHOICE.
It is ruTuds^that Don Francisco de Assisi, of Queen Isa- •" bella, has quitted Paris to proceed to Madrid, his mission being to negotiate the preliminaries of a marriage between King Alfonso and his cousin, the Princess Christine of MontpeDsier, the eldest sister of the la'e Queen Mercedes, and the younger sister of the Comtesse de Paris. She is very different in appearance from the young King's dimpled and girlish bride, being tall, thin and angular, •with a nose of portentous dimensions. But she is very graceful and elegant in carriage and address, and is said to be accomplished and intelligent, with far more force of characer than was possessed by poor, pretty little Mercedes. I am told that the Spaniards are extremely anxious that their King should marry a lady of in'elleot and culture. They would much have preferred an alliance with the Princess Beatrice, all of Queen Victoria's daughters being remarkable for their intelligence and accomplishments, but that, of course, is out of the ques tion.the royal marriage laws of England forbidding any member of the qpyal family to ma^ry a Catholic, under penalty of forfeiting for themselves and their descendants all claims to the English throne. — Paris letter from Mrs Hooper.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 27, 25 November 1879, Page 3
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