WEDDING POSTPONED.
INFANTA OF SPAIN. NO REASON ANNOUNCED. PARIS, No*. 1. The projected wedding of the Infanta Beatrice of Spain and Prince Alvaro or Bourbon-Orleans, which had been Sxed for this month, has been indefinitely postponed. No reason ha 3 been given for the postponement. A cablegram from Paris on Jane 4 grated: The eldest daughter of the e: ; - Kin<r of Spain, the Infanta Beatrice, is affianced to Prince Alvaro of BporbonOrSeans. . The Infanta Beatrice was bom 1909. Prince Alvaro wa3 born at Cobtirg in April. 1910. Ha is the eldest son of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon-Orleans—the French Houie of the Bourbon family— Trhose father was Duke of GalUera and an Infant of Spain. Prince Alvaro'* father married in 19C9 Princess Beatrice of Sase-Coburg and Gotba> who was born in England in 1284, her father being the lat<* Duke of Edinburgh, whose wue was the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia. The Duke of Edinburgh wis a son of Queen Victoria. - . The mother of Princess Beatrice formerly vra.-i Princess "V ictoria Eugenia (Ena) of-Bat tenure She is a daughter of Prince Henry of Batten berg, who married in 1885 Princess Beatrice. Queen \ ici aria's vonngest daughter, and an aunt of King George. The Battenbergs have changed their name to Moantbatten.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21020, 3 November 1931, Page 9
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