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F7LL GREECE'S BEAUTIFUL FAIR Y GODMOTHER
BE FIRST AMERICAN IVOMAN TO R ULE AS Q UEEN?
Prince Christopher, Husband of 'Dellar
Princess'' and Fermer Mrs. William
B. Leeds, Only Candidate for King
Const ant ine's Throne, New That
Prince Geerge Has Expressed Ne De
sire te Occupy Royal Arm -Chair
POSITION OF PRESENT RULER
CRITICAL, AND REPORTS SAY
HE MUST ABDICATE THRONE
Late Tin-Plate King's Widow Said te
Have Saved Monarchists of Greece
Mere Than Once With Her Millions-,
and She Is Reported New Air an gin g
for Flight of Constantine te America
WILL beautiful Nancy May Stewart, of Cleveland, 0., leign upon the
'' throne of stoned Hellas?
Will the "Dellar Princess," former wife of the late tinplnte king and
new spouse of Hellenic Prince Christopher, become first American Queen
of Gieece?
.Will that beautiful woman who controls countless dollars as widow
of William H. Leeds, late citizen of the United States, wield a scepter
directing the destinies of 5,000,000 of devoted subjects?
When 'Outer smote 'is bioemin' lyre they hadn't even heard of America
ever there. Hut the three tireless fates were even then threading out the
subsequent history of that nation, and no deuht had the present Princess
Anastasia at their elbows ready te line her into the multi-colored fabiic of
the future.
She may become Queen or she may net. It remains, however, that,
in the ptescnt Greek crisis, the position of King Constantine, brother-in-law
by maninge te the former Mr-.. Leeds, is in crave danger.
Kcperc comes tnnt he must abdi
cate. If he doesn't the throne will
topple a.vl a republic be proclaimed.
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King Cfn'tantiiip may abdicate in
favei rf b . mil, pnnc" Geerge; but
infermatirn from high quarters
states that Prince Geerge isn't par
tial te throne and Kings, and that
he would refuse te mount the royal
nrmciiai".
cess adopted the name "Anastasia"
only because it was the closest
Greek name she could find te
"Nancy."
Lite of Nancy May Stewart
Nethina Short of Thrilliny
The life of Nancy May Stewai t is
nothing ..heit of thrillinir. in tbe
Cnn equently, Prince Chi istnpher, I scnsr' tnal much money, many lands
husband of the American beauty, an'' t,,L ceints of Kings and Queens
brother of Constantine, i. the only ' n:ive figured se largely in it.
remaining candidate. Tnp Ficnch nrtirt, Hcllnu, once
Although a memmnniac, who rar- '1?c,illefl. lhnl- Ml's- Le,',is Possessed
We a piano with him wbereer he nmp-e'Kt el the J00 points that
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weie ItnltiK ii'cd indirectly against ber
nutlvp lanil.
Mri. Leeds denied tlil vebemently.
She Mill loved America, ulie Mill wanted
her eon te be an American, and she
told the world that he was unaLIe te
touch the principal of her fortune aiiy
unv. but enlv the ilireine.
In the meantime her friendship for
ChilMepher (rrew. His father, jeu re
meinber, was the late Kins (Jeetsc of
(treeee, originally a DanlHh jirinre ; his
i mother, the downier (ueen ulna of
Greece, born n Kusslan criind duches;
'he was cousin te Kinc Gevse of liu?
land nntl te Qufen Victeria of Spain.
M..U f rilci iiilil ftii'ii tn iin iiiimmnrp-
iicnVieii about the distinctive tjp" of ' hv the religious ceremony next day
! In vain aRrtlnst the poison-bite of hli
I pet monkey.
Hut Mr. Leeds approved of no left
banded marriages. If she waa te be
the wife of the Prince, she'd be "Her
I Kejal Highness" or nothing.
I Were Married Quietly
In Geneva in January, 1920
And, In the end. both Prince Chris
topher and Mrs. Leeds wen They were
. married mere or less quietly in Ge
neva en .Innunrv .11, I0U0. The cere
meny was a civil one, nmi was toueweo
1 relatives she would eeiral. Hers wasn t
an Instance of marking Inte a family
of peer relatives, although In these dajs
of the close of the war king and
queens were net at the height of fashion.
Altogether, pievided Mrs. Leeds loved
Hiri-tepher and she emphatically de
clared hhu would never marry for any
thing but love the possible marriage
at
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Vevev. near Mentretix. according
the rites of the (ireck ( liurcti.
The denoted King Constantine wap
In ii blue funk. He sat in exile, and he
wouldn't attend the wedding. He
didn't approve of It in the tirst place,
mid In the second place he wns out of
a job. He did liave a representative
there, nevertheless. the Iliike of
of the two Heeinedn highly protitnble Spuria ; but he himself wasn't In
sort of tiling for Dotti et tuem. lterl.
I5ut the path "s beet by "b'taeles T)jp s nf WPrJf,,n WPnt nr0UnJ
I rlnce rnrlsteplier wns (lecinreu '" i tJir world. A Mmple ceremony had
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friendship for him was used as a club
against her. Humors arose which had
her clnpped into the Tower of Ion Ien Ion
den as n sp . Humer went -e far as
te execute her In secret dungeon of
thnt bloody old pile of stone and mor
tar. But she wns neither locked up,
nor executed and she spent her t-pme
time denying that she was an enthusi
ast for Imperial Germany.
furthermore, hhe suffered something
of the ignominy of .se-called com
moners nt the hands of the Heal Mu
tual Admiration Secitj . The reval
relatives of Prince Christopher, with
the exception of his siter-ln-lnw ami
the Grand Duchess of Hussia, became
made an American citizen a cousin te
tb" King 'of Kngland, te the Queen
of Spala nnrl gnve her nil sorts of re
lationships te the rest of the royalty
of lairepe.
The Mihierfs of Greece didn't like It
much. TJiese peer folk wnnt their
Kings nnd Queens te stand by Kings
and Queens, and this marriage savored
of tee much demecrrcy. They hailed
her derisively: "Iing live the Dellar
Pi incess !"
But they lived te change their tune.
Princess Annstasla's dignitv and
her amiable manner and her kindness
nnd her love for the land of the proud
Hellenes, gradually endeared her te
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Prince Christopher is anxious
enough te keep the throne in the
family. He is antipathetic toward
Premier Venizelos, arch fee of King
Constantine's, and no fiiend of ic-publiranibm.
And there is little question but
that he will de everything in his
power te pie erve the royal line.
The former Mr. Leed ' millions,
it is said, have mere than once i-aved
the situation for the monarchist. in
Greece. It is reported te have been
her money which finance 1 the mic
cesfful lesumptien of the throne by
Cen-tantine in 1!)20, and her contri
butions have been one of tbe elref
financial Supports of tlv deck war
against the Turk.
Today, it is repeitcd, 'he is mak
ing uniflicial negotiations with
Washington te ain.nge for the flight
of King Constantine te America.
He will hve at the Leeds' Mentclnir,
N, J , man'ien or at Heugh Point,
near Nowpeit, H. I.
Mrs, Leeds' connection with the
royal heusp .jf Gicce has been
temppstueu. te jay the least. King
Constantine mounted the throne in
1013, immediately afte- the assassi
nation of his father, King Goeige. '
Cen tantmc h;.d marrie 1 a sister of
the Kai er, and was bdieved te be
prn-deinian. i
Was Thern in AH ha' Side
tiurina Early Part of War
Diuitif; the early piosecutien of
the wiii-, he was a thorn in the side
of the Vlies, and in HUT, en the de- '
liiawl of Pnuland, Fiance nnd Hus
sia, King Constantine ahd'eated in
favnr r f his son Alesi'iider.
Hut Alexander, n'lie months after
Mis. I ci (N war nrin'ed te his uii-de,
wa pliumg wi'h his jiet monkey,
nnd the menke.v bit him. He died
fmie the h tef and the Greek nation
was thrown into turmoil, The
kaftan,, of the fate ! A nat'enal
upheual in cenveqi.ciu'e of a monkey
lete. However, a new King vus
needed Premier Veni:;eles was re- '
pudiate 1 by the election. or Xevem-
tar 10JD; the in-emu from the Leeds I
Milium, a. thrown te the use of i
royalty ,.n Constantine resumed bis '
'ng'-lup n the high tide of public
iaer. An I Princess Anastasia,
lamed originally and saicusticiilly
h her lui Imnd'H pe-iple "the Dellar
Princes," became endeaied te their
hearts,
"Anastasia" meant "resuiiectinn,"
and the Greek subjects supersti supersti
tieusly believed that a Princess with
"-h a name meant a rehiith of the
W grandeur of their country and n
jw life for its regal family. And
" striking te note that th.e Prln-
ninke for rdiysieal perfection, and he
piqued'iiie curiosity of the world by I
refusing te state what the two miss- j
ing points were.
She was daughter of a uea'thy
Ohie hanker. Her lir.t husband was !
Geerge II. Woithingten, of her na-1
tive city, Cleveland. Hut she di-1
vnrced iiim in 1808 and man led Wil
liam H. Lieds in 1000. Her new
husband was up te his ears at that
time in the business of vitalizing the
tinplate industry, which he later,
passed en te the United States Steel '
Company at a profit of $10,000,000
1e himself and a partner.
She and Mr. Leeds had one son,
William, Jr., whom they eth loved
inepiersiely. In I0OS the hus
band died and Mrs. Leeds, beautiful
and still desirable, toel: her little
son te Eur ipc.
Spent Much of Her Time
In Educaliny Her Sen
Much of her time she spent in ob
taining the best education for her
son that Kngland affer ied. Hut, tee, i
she had sullicient tune te become one '
of the most popular of American
hostesses en the Continent.
Her lavish enteitainments and
dinner'- in Londen and Paris in
cie.it'eil her intimacy with European
society. Kingi 'and Queens and
Princes and Dukes, and a whole tribe '
"Dellar Princess,"
of "highnesses'' became her asse-1
elates. Many suitors bobbed up for
tbe hand of this woman whose for
tune was estimated as high as $o0, $e0,
000,000. Her suitors were men of
royal bleed and commoners of dis
tinction. Hut Mrs. Leeds denied thnt she
would marry again.
Like the preeibial and poetical
brook, however, her suitors went en
forever. Prince Joachim Murat
seemed te be a favorite for a time,
but she verv flatly and irrevocably
rejected him in 1911. 'there was the
Count Hely de Tallyrant Perigerd
Tallyrand-Perigerd, cousin of Anna
Gould's second husband, the Duke
nirmer .irs. uniiam jt. icens, who may
woman te become Queen of Greece
OI .,Or!OIK S IIOIISO in M.Utntl nmmnm.l . ., I. I. ..!.. 1,1,1
James place for the se.T-en. She tifrew with the Allies. ml half-he.irtedl-herf-clf
into war work, nnd became I did he leek upon the war. He wasn't
cutely identified with Londen wnr l!l,"l,Kl"l! ,n lns l,mllI,; 1"'f'1" '"d
. . for nl) ions rcii-nti. slnei- in ijiieen.
Cliailties. , Snnliip. fi latm. ., li.. 1..,r.... i,
1'russi.rhs tee miieh. In June. I 111
It was In 1013 thnt Mis. Leeds met
Piince Chi itepher in Pari. She w,u
giving a luxurious dinner dance, and
PriiiceYs Nicholas, sister-in-law te
King Cen .t.intlne, was prej-ent. it wns
fihe who introduced her favorite brother-In-law.
ClirtMnpIier, te the fair lady
of millions And It was love nt first
Mght fur Chtis.
He wis only twentv-six years old
then He w.i six feet two", blonde,
and a geed-looking major in the bring'i)
ainij. He d.ibbled in the nrts, he wai
an iic'iMniililud musieiun. and knew n.'l
lieainUul llrllenlc op son-s lir
l the enlj
was forced te abdicate and In
under as, timed the eontiel! n
man which, 01 course
wn te knew them.
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cle lallyrand; theie was Lord Alex-i which uitliiiied nil ever Hurene for
ander Thynne, and Prince de Fnu- ;0V1'" "" He managed te fellow
,, - .ii r. 1,.1-u, niiruiiT sue was in J.ng-
raicener, , land, Pran'e or Italj. or wheiever sli..
was .Mia ne was a welcome
in nor uias.
The i it and Duchess Annstasie of
MuMtlenliiiig. Itussinn mother of t ha
Crown Princes of (ieimanv and Chris,
teplier s M'li'f, looked with cpeclal
fner up m .rS, I.ccds.
In 1!M7 Mis. I.phI took the rich
estate of Kenwued, in Knglind, off the
li'inds et the destitute (iiand Duke
Michael of Kussla. riin Ciand Duen-
es scored in tins trauster, tee. ns did
.ir. i .ecus, ter the estate n
tinennnarily acceptable one
Ami it was In HII7 thnt Kins Cen-
cigny-Lucinge, and Leid
and Captain Albert Paget, son of
GeWnl Sir Arthur Paget. And
there wcrefethers, but they were all
unsuccessful in the tournament for
the hand of this unusually favored
woman.
Became Closely Identified
With Londen Charities
the war, Mr".
She had tnkm
With tin- ciii'iing i f
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