When revolution came in 1931 and the royal family were obliged to flee the country, the Prince of the Asturias left on a stretcher the land he had expected one day to rule. For the next two years, his time was divided between Paris where he was near his family, and Lausanne, where he went for treatment.
While at Lausanne, he met his future wife, Senorita Edelmira Sam-pedro Ocejo, the 27-year-old daughter of a wealthy Cuban sugar planter. Their marriage, in 1933, caused a rift in the family, and although hie mother quickly forgave him his love match, his father refused to be reconciled.
In addition to exacting from him renunciation of disclaims to the Spanish throne, ex-King Alfonso XIII reduced his eldest son's allowance to such an extent that the latter, after
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