Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . which she regarded him, while thechivalrous behavior of Tassilo Pestetics stirred up the verydepths of her heart. She had at the time no one to whomshe could turn for sympathy and advice, for it had been herown mother, the late Duchess of Hamilton, 7iee Princess ofBaden, who, in conjunction with Napoleon III., had forcedher into the hateful alliance with the hereditary Prince ofMonaco. A strong friendship soon sprang up between the Princessand the Count, and when at las
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . which she regarded him, while thechivalrous behavior of Tassilo Pestetics stirred up the verydepths of her heart. She had at the time no one to whomshe could turn for sympathy and advice, for it had been herown mother, the late Duchess of Hamilton, 7iee Princess ofBaden, who, in conjunction with Napoleon III., had forcedher into the hateful alliance with the hereditary Prince ofMonaco. A strong friendship soon sprang up between the Princessand the Count, and when at last, in 1880, that is ten yearslater, the Vatican finally consented to annul the marriagethough maintaining the legitimacy of the boy, who constituted the sole issue thereof, the ex-Princess of Monacobecame Countess Pestetics de Tolna, the wife of one of the THE ROYAL FAMILY OF MONACO. 233 most brilliant sportsmen and most popular grand seigneursof all Europe. Although almost twenty years have passed since the daywhen Lady Mary fled from the Casde of Monte Carlo, andtook refuge with Queen Henrietta of Belgium at Brussels,. A BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO. she was still, when I saw her seven years ago, one of themost captivadng of women ; and she is beloved and admiredby all who have the privilege of knowing her. Her ex-husband, the present ruler of Monaco, a few yearsaero contracted a new marriao-e with the widowed Duchess 234 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. of Richelieu, a lady who, although she has been marriedtwice, on each occasion to a rake and a roue of the worstdescription, has succeeded in retaining intact the enormousfortune that she received from her father, the wealthy Jewishbanker of New Orleans and Paris, Michel Heine. She is afull-blooded Jewess of the blond type, and exceedingly attrac-tive in appearance. Her cousin, Marguerite Heine, thedaughter of Charles, the junior partner of the banking house,was formerly the Duchess dElchingen and is now the wife ofthe j
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