The Archive · 1883

THE PRENCH-MAIL PAPERS

Two financial questions affecting Royalt are discussed in the papers now to hand, One has a painful interest, and is commented on very severely in the World and Truth. Wo heard the other day that the Duke and Duchess of Teck were giving up their London establishment and going to live in Germany. Wo now seo that their effects, which include a large number of historical or family relics, are to be sold by public auction, and the Queen is severely criticised for having permitted auch a de-secretion. The Princess Mary i the most universally and deservedly popular members of the Royal family, and her misfortunes will mest with ready sympathy, The other question is connected with a pension of 2950 granted by the Premier to Prince Lucien Buonaparte, in recogni-

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