KING LEOPOLD'S FORTUNE

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXI, Issue 2729, 9 December 1910, Page 2

KING LEOPOLD'S FORTUNE

HIS DAUGHTER'S CLAIMS,

AGAINST THE BARONESS

[By Electric Telegraph.]

Brussels, December 7

Apart from ,£600,000 left to his daughters, King Leopold's estate is now appraised at ,£3,600,000 sterling, which the Government has seized.

The Princess Louise claims a third of the total, and is also suing the Baroness Vaughan regarding ,£1,200,000 worth of securities, the chateau at Valincourt, and her two Ostend villas.

Princess Stephanie is willing to compromise, but continues to decline ,£160,000 offered by the late King's

morganatic wife,

The Princess Louise's and the Princess Stephanie's actions will be heard

shortly.