Alfonso, Count of Covadonga and ex-Prince of the Asturias, eldest son of ex-King Alfonso of Spain, was fatally injured here yesterday when he was passenger in a car which struck a telephone pole in avoiding a lorry, He was rushed to hospital suffering from a fractured right leg and severe head injuries, but owing to the loss of blood caused by haemophilia, he died shortly afterwards.
The driver of the car, Miss Mildred Gaydon, escaped with bruises.
Ex-King Alfonso, who is in Rome, was informed of his son's death by telephone.
Thirty-one years of age, he Count had been a victim of haemophilia (bleeding) all his life. It circum-Scribed his every activity and kept him always in fear of his life, since he was liable to bleed to death from even the smallest wound.
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