Word: crown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German Government instructed its Amsterdam Consul to issue a visa to former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, if he applied for one. The ex-Crown Princess Cecilie sent the following telegram to her children at Oels in Upper Silesia: " Happy tidings. Father is coming home...
There is no reason why the Crown Prince should not return to Berlin. Nothing in the Versailles Treaty prevents him from so doing. The attitude of the German Government concerning his exile has been that he went voluntarily to Holland in order to avoid causing trouble to his country. His latest appeal to the Government was said to have been made on the basis of the permission granted him by the then Chancellor Wirth. He also pointed out that " he considers it necessary for the sake of his children, and that it is also his right to return...
...Government's permission to enter Germany placed a number of restrictions on the ex-Crown Prince, some of which are: that he must not live at Potsdam but on his estate, Oels, in Silesia; that he must travel in an automobile from the Dutch frontier to Silesia, to avoid public attention; that there must be no demonstration by his friends on his arrival; that the day of his arrival and departure must remain secret...
...heavyweight championship; but they showed him to be one of the most unflinching fighters that ever wore a glove; he will always be somebody's sparring partner. Renault showed considerable skill but no vestige (in either hand) of the crushing cannon ball which alone can dent the Dempsey crown...
Married. Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, 41, to Lady Louise Mountbatten, daughter of the late Marquis of Milford Haven, second cousin of King George of England, by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, in the Chapel Royal, London. By his first wife, who was Princess Margaret Victoria, daughter of the Duke of Connaught, and who died in 1920, Prince Gustaf Adolf has four sons and one daughter. Over six feet tall, he possesses an athletic medal, awarded for high proficiency in five different sports. He is a practical archaeologist and a collector...