EX-KAISER’S SISTER
SALE. OF. HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS. ' ' ■ . • ■ " •• ■ ’ London, Sept, 23. Buyers from all over the world, says the correspondent of the Daily News, at Bonn, Germany, are expected to attend the forthcoming auction sale of., the ex-Kaiser’s sister, Princess Vittoria, whoso large palace has been suffered to fall into pathetic disrepair. since , her marriage to tho young Russian Zopbkoff. The gardens are desolate, and the walls dinfjy and unpainted, but the furniture, which is not expected to realise sufficient to pay the Princess’ debts, has not been changed since the Prince of Wales, the late Earl Haig, Lord Byng, and other distinguished, persons, knew tho palace as the Canadian' military headquarters in 1918. An old retainer discussed Zoubkoii without bitterness, and indicated that tho ex-Kaiser’s failure to assist flus fits* ter had diminished his popularity in hi former household.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1929, Page 6
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