"Examine my daughters!" commanded Alfonso XIII, moody Last of the Bourbons, recently in London. Since his flight from Spain the ex-King has been thinking furiously about family matters, resembling in that respect fabled King Lear.
First the Harley Street specialist examined Daughter Beatriz, 22, recently engaged to her handsome cousin Prince Alvaro d'Orleans. Next the specialist examined Daughter Maria Christina, 19, not engaged to anybody. When their ordeal was finally over the two young Infantas, tearful and clinging to one another, re- turned from London to Paris, rushed to the consoling...
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