Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Not enough food for Otto

April 21, 1936

Major Josef Jirouschek, who once served in Austria's imperial army, spoke today at a meeting of Legitimists in Vienna. He told the audience that Archduke Otto, the heir to the former throne, was living in poverty and did not have enough to eat.
"On a visit to the royal family, I learned that meat is rarely seen on the table," the major said, referring to his recent trip to Otto's home in Belgium.
"I attended a mass in the castle chapel and noticed a hole as a big as a 2-shilling coin the shoe of one archduchess."

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