ARCHDUKE LEOPOLD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23370, 9 December 1937, Page 11

ARCHDUKE LEOPOLD

SUIT AGAINST MOTHER AN “ARMISTICE” ARRANGED VIENNA, Dec. 7. An “ armistice ” has been agreed upon between Archduke Leopold and his mother. His mother grants him an allowance provided he abstains from suing her before the end of 1940. Archduke Leopold promised not to enter his mother s palace without specific permission. The parties agreed to inform the court of the details of the “armistice ” within a week, • whereupon Archduke Leopold provisionally withdrew his suit. A previous message stated: Suing his mother, the Archduchess Bianca, for maintenance, allowance, Archduke Leopold Salvator, brother-in-law of Princess Ileana of Rumania, alleged in the Vienna court that he had suffered humiliation at the hands of his nearest relatives. He said he depended entirely on his mother, and related that when he and his brother became officers during the war time die Empress of Austria allotted them £7OOO each for equipment. His mother kept the money, and they were given merely swords and uniforms. He had been forced to beg every trifle from his mother. The Archduchess declared that her son squandered money, and the only means of supporting him properly was to furnish him with food. A friendly settlement was suggested, under which the Archduchess would pay her son a small monthly pension.