KING ALFONSO AND HIS BETROTHED
Pap is, Jan 31
Princes9| Ena of Battenburg, the niece of King EJward, whe is betrothed to KiDg Alfonso of Spain, by whom she is at present being visited at Biarritz, near the Pyrinees, with his Majesty, and her mother proceeded to the town of Ssn Sebastian to visit Queen Maria Christina of Spain. The. Quean returned the visit at Biarritz.
[With reference to the contemplated marriage of tbe King of Spain and Princess Ena, which has attracted more than nsQftl attention in Europe, owing to tbe Princess being a Protestant, which, it was thought, woald be a barrier to the union, ihe Sydney Freeman's Journal says : - "Oar Borne correspondent, Dt Croke, L. L.D , writing under date December 15th, Mr* — AH thai; is kaown to tbe Holy See about the Aoglo Spanish marriage is that it is to take place, that the f rinctss is to become a Catholic, and that she will be Catholic Queen* of Spain. But officials and dignitaries disclaim that there has been aoy^interfereaoe by tne Papacy, or thatyhe Duke of Norfolk came to Home with any mission er., commission in tbe matter.
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West Coast Times, Issue 13733, 1 February 1906, Page 3
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192KING ALFONSO AND HIS BETROTHED West Coast Times, Issue 13733, 1 February 1906, Page 3
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