The Archive · 1934

FIRST CHILD FOR ITALY'S CROWN PRINCESS

Rome, Sept. 25. No salute greeted the arrival Had the infant been a boy, the my would have fired a salute of 400 gung and the Navy a salute of 21 guns.

The Crown Prince, who was 30 years of age on September 15, was married to Princess Marie-Jos® of Belgium in January, 1930.

Owing to the Salic law preventing 'a woman from reigning, the success: sion to the throne is not affected, and the heir after the Crown Prince is still the Duke of Aosta 'All ships' sirens In the harbour of Naples were sounded in celebration

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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