Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . 490 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. Don Alfonso had inherited his mothers ardent passions,and was by no means a faithful husband. Every time he. The Late King of Spain. could steal away from the heavy Spanish etiquette of hisCourt at Madrid he would fly to Paris, the capital of the THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN. ^gj pleasures, and become an ordinary viveur. Queen Mercedesknew of these escapades, and so, too, did her Christina. But both were too dignified to take anyno
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . 490 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. Don Alfonso had inherited his mothers ardent passions,and was by no means a faithful husband. Every time he. The Late King of Spain. could steal away from the heavy Spanish etiquette of hisCourt at Madrid he would fly to Paris, the capital of the THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN. ^gj pleasures, and become an ordinary viveur. Queen Mercedesknew of these escapades, and so, too, did her Christina. But both were too dignified to take anynotice of them, and seemingly ignored the fact that the Kinghad an unofficial home and family in Paris, where a pretty,fair-haired woman always greeted his arrival with joy. Four children were born from this illegal union, but shortlyafter the Kings demise in 1885, their mother died, and wassoon followed into the grave by her eldest three boys. Thelittle survivor was taken charge of by the kind-hearted lace-mender, who for over five years had been a mother to many others, however, she had been suffering from badtimes, and when the child became dangerously sick withdiphtheria she found herself unable to bear the cost of thedoctors bills and medic
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