Foreign News: Charles of Flanders

The "Famed Four" among European Princes are:

Edward of Wales (Britain) Umberto of Piedmont (Italy) Alfonso of the Asturias (Spain) Leopold of Brabant (Belgium)

Each of these youths is heir to a Throne. Each has been mooned at and photographed ad nauseam. Therefore smart folk hailed with relief, last week, the definitive emergence of a fifth and little known prince: Charles of Flanders. Though he is not a Crown Prince, but the second son of King Albert of the Belgians, he officiated with the grace and freshness of youth, last week, at ceremonies which marked a pilgrimage to...

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