KING LEOPOLD'S FORTUNE.
£600,000 SHARED BETWEEN HIS
; '."'.".. " r DAUGHTERS. -..■■-......■... ;:;; ,: ; i^ii^ELs, Jan. 12. a In 1 trip ;, utmost/ •secrecy, the partition, /jf "{he fprtuiie of -King Leopold took "place, a;'t..itlie r pflices. of tho Societe Gener; ;jle fclus afternoon.. . .-.-
Haying, given much , to his morganatic wife, 'the Baroness- Vaughan,- durings-'thc ]>ast seven or eight years, the late King je.ft her nothing. ,Tp his .thrpe, daughters ■ho -bequeathed £600,000 m shares This is said to have 'cen practically the whole of his fortune. Counsel representing the three Princesses and also tho creditors of 'the Princess Louise — among whom is her divorced husband, Prince Philip ofi Cpburg— were present.
Barqn Auguste Goffhiet, the King's executor/; states that each of the Princesses received £200,000,* and they will" •-hortly.be handed, any .balance that there nlay be. Thei Princesses will probably demand the dissolution of the -three comnanies formed by their father for making improvements m Belgian cities.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12095, 12 March 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)
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152KING LEOPOLD'S FORTUNE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12095, 12 March 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)
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