A ROYAL ROMANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14130, 31 May 1920, Page 5

A ROYAL ROMANCE.

STATUS OF ALEXANDER’S WIFE. A MOTOR COLLISION. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, Saturday. King Alexander of Greece, and his wife, Madame Manos, while motoring to Fontainebieu, avoided a collision with another ear, which swerved and dashed into a tree. Count Dekergariou and his wife and children were thrown on-to the road and badly injured. King Alexander and. Madame Manos, who was a nnrs.c during th:e; war, rendered first aid. •• -••1 Telegrams from ; Athens:: state that, •the opinion there is that- the marriage in November, which took'place at the house of a sister of the bride, is null under the civil law. When the wife recently attempted to assert her rights the Government forced Madame Manos to leave Greece and settle in Paris.

COLLISION PROVES FATAL. PARIS, Saturday. Count Dekergariou succumbed after both bis legs had been amputated. His stepson has had an arm amputated. BRITISH PRINCE MAY BE OFFERED THRONE. (Received Monday, 9.45 a.in.) ROME, Sunday. There is a widespread belief that King Alexander will not return to Greece owing to the public and political disapproval of the marriage. The ex-King Constantine is leaving Switzerland for Salsomaggiore, where he will meet King Alexander. ,It is rumoured that an English prince will be offered the Greek throne. ALEXANDER WILL NOT RETURN. (Received Monday, 9.50 a.m.) ROME, Saturday. It is reported that King Alexander will not return to Greece, and that an English Prince will succeed him.