ROYAL BETROTHAL
“THEIR’S IS A MUTUAL CHOICE” KING TELLS HIS PEOPLE. Australian and N.Z Cable Association (Received September 22, 7.10 p.m.) BRUSSELS, September 21. King Albert, in announcing the betrothal of his son. Prince Leopold, Crown Prince of, Belgium, and Princess Astrid, niece of the King of Sweden, said; “The .bride-elect is a girl of great culture and simplicity, brought up in a country very simitar to curs. She should quickly fall into our ways. The Prince and Princess have met often in the past six months. Theirs is a mutual choice, quite independent of considerations, of State. Their own hearts set the seal on their destiny “The wedding w ; U be celebrated in Brussels as soon as possible.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12559, 23 September 1926, Page 4
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119ROYAL BETROTHAL New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12559, 23 September 1926, Page 4
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