PRIME AS STABLE HAND
ONCE RUSSIAN ARISTOCRAT WEDDED TO AUSTRALIAN GIRL FOUND WORKING WITH RAKE CONTENTED WITH HIS LOT By Telegraph—Press Assn.-Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 15. Prince Maximilian Melikoff, once a wealthy Russian aristocrat, married a beautiful Australian girl and he is now working at Sir Archibald Weigalls stables at Ascot, says the Daily Express. “He was found working with a rake in the stable yard and an amused smile played on his fact When astonishment was expressed that he should be thus employed he said: “Why should it be so strange? I love the life. Horses were always a passion of mine. I was never so happy before. . “A fortnight ago I was in London broke. Now I am living the healthy, open-air life I love. I have roamed the world and done most things but I had sunk to the depths of despair when Lady Weigall offered me a refuge. Life seemed so hopeless that I had contemplated suicide. “My birth and breeding do not mean much when it comes to making a living. My wife is living in London and, I h °P e we shall be together again soon.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1934, Page 7
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