MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATIONS.
Queen Victoria's eldest son — the Prince of Wales — is married to a daughter of the King of Denmark, who has been deprived of a large portion of his territories by the King of Prussia, fattier of the husband of the Queen's eldest daughter, and this mutilation of Denmark was effected nominally in the interest of the Duke of Augustcnbcrg, whose younger brother, Prince Christian, was married to tho Queen's third daughter, the Princess Helena. 2. The Queen's first cousin, the King of Hanover has been deprived of his kingdom by the same King c f Prussia, in whose army the Queen's son-in-law, the Prince of Prussia, is a commanduig officer. 3. Prince Alexander of Hesse, who commands the Federal army raised to oppose the King of Prussia, is brother to Prince Louis, the husband of Princess Alice, the Queen's second daughter. 4. The Duke of Saic-Coburg-G-otha, Prince Albert's brother, and brother-in-law to the Queen, holds command in the King of Prussia's army that invaded Hanover, which kingdom, by the way, until the accession of Her Majesty, formed part of the territory of the Kings of England. And lastly, Prince Teck, recently married to the Queen's first cousin, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, holds a commission in the army of the Emperor of Austria, and might, afc any time, have had to leave his bride for the scat of war, to fight the king of Prussia, who has the Queen's son-in-law and the Queen's brother-in-law both officers in the army.
In Paris in one week the sale of maps representing the theatre of nmr, by one house alone, reached more than 10,000 in forty-eight hours.
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North Otago Times, Volume VII, Issue 40, 25 September 1866, Page 3
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276MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATIONS. North Otago Times, Volume VII, Issue 40, 25 September 1866, Page 3
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