ROYAL CLOTHES FOR DUKE
A STRANGE CUSTOM TRIBUTE TO HEROISM MADRID, Fob. 19, The doiith is reported. of Don Alfonso de Filvh. Campbell, Duke do Uijar, who was a gontloiiv.ui-iu-wiut-inp;‘ and a personal trlei'id of (he King. To (lie heir of (lie deceased noblcinan passes (lie peculiar honor of receiving each year the clothing in which the King was dressed on Epiphany Day. A quaint ceremony, celebrating a historical event of the year 1 Kill, is si ill enacted in the spring of cacti year in the streets of this city. One of the line coaches from' the Royal stables, followed by a. mounted courier, is despatched from the Palace, carrying spread out oh the seat all (lie clothes worn by Ilis Majesty on January ii.
The privilege was gran led ns, a IriImte to the heroism of one of the an ecsturs of the Duke, who, as a page, exchanged his clot,lips with King Jeon at tlie siege of Toledo, thus saving (ha monarch's life. Several hundreds of suits and other garments to-day figure in a collodion kept at the Ducal Palace in glass cases.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17239, 21 April 1930, Page 10
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186ROYAL CLOTHES FOR DUKE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17239, 21 April 1930, Page 10
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