Sexagenarian Princess as Pillion Rider on Fiance's Motor Cycle Bonn, Nov. 18.
Riding on the pillion of her! fiance's motor-cycle is among the pleasures indulged in by the sexagenarian Princes Victoria of] Schaumberg-Lippe, the sister-in-law] of the ex-Kaiser, who is engaged to Alexander Zoubkoff, the impecunious 28-year-old scion of a minor Russian noble family.
Interviewed by Reuter's corres. spondent to-day, Princess. Victori explained that the ex-Katier, "who, anyway, is not the head of - the Schaumberg-Lippe family," had yhdrawn his approval of her marriage as a consequence of scandalous newspaper articles.
Te Princess bitterly complained fof the hundreds of insulting letters} she receives daily, many of which are anonymous. "I am only too zzlad to have someone to protect and love me," she declared,—"only too glad to fulfil my husband's wishes." terviewed by Reuter, disparity in their ages, but added: "Every" woman would like to be as young as the Princess, no matter how old she actually is years."
Te may be recalled that, according] to reports received in Berlin from Bonn on November 4, the ecclesiastical authorities have' intimated that li not permit the marriage! ceremony is expected to take plas on November 24.
The Princess is 62 yenrs of age. She keeps fit by dancing, playing] ten wimming and walking Reuter.
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