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TINPLATE QUEEN'S DEATH

Romantic Marriage Recalled "Princess Christopher, " of Greece. _____       LONDON, August 30.

The death is announced of Princess Christopher of Greece, who was formerly the widow of Mr. William B. Leeds, a multi-millionaire American "tinplate king." The decease occurred at the lady's London residence. '

About three years ago tbe marriage of Mrs. Leeds to Prince Christopher created a sensation in the United States, where the lady was well known ; but the an- nouncement of the nuptials was soon fol- lowed by an intimation through The Offi- cial Gazette of Athens that Christopher had previously renounced in law his rank as a Prince of the sovereign house of Greece, and his place in the line of suc- cession to the throne; and that he had asked and received permission to change   his nationality in order that he might take the title of a Danish count. He was also compelled, it was stated, on the eve of his marriage, to make a complete renunciation, of' his right to the rank and prerogatives of a prince of Denmark, which he had held as well. His wife, therefore, could not   claim the privileges of a princess, nor even assume the title. Christopher received the Danish title Count Gluecksburg, after his complete surrender of' royal rank, this being a courtesy from his cousin, King   Christian X. He was also known on re- cent occasons as Count Rosenberg. The former Mrs. Leeds, in consequence of these events, became a countess of Denmark.  

The Countess Gluecksburg, or Rosen- berg, as she desired to be known, divorced her first husband, Mr. Worthington, a business man of Cleveland, Ohio, more than 20 years ago. She was afterwards married to Mr. .W. B. Leeds, who pro- duced a tinplate trust, which he and his   associates sold to the United States Steel Trust for £8,000,000. When Mr. Leeds   died in Paris in 1908, he left £8,000,000 to his widow and his only son, the latter's share being nearly £1,500,000. Mrs. Leeds, after the death of her second husband, was married to Prince Christopher, young- est brother of King Constantine of Greece. The bride's exclusion from the ranks of royalty, did not, however, prevent her from becoming, by virtue of her narriage to the former prince, a relative of most of the sovereign families of Europe. She was a cousin of King George, a niece of Queen Alexandra, a cousin of the King of Den- mark and of the King or Norway;- and a niece of the Dowager Empress Marie of Russia. The countess was considerably   older than Prince Christopher, . who wa» born in 1888, and who became a Danish subject in March, 1919. Another Royal Alliance. Mr. William Leeds, a son of Mr. W. B. Leeds and the now deceased countess, married the Grand Duchess Xenia, second daughter of the Grand Duchess Maria of Greece and the late Grand Duke George Mikhailovitch of Russia. Princess. Xenia is a niece of ex-King Constantine of Greece. Although the son of a millionaire, Mr. William Leeds was brought up as though he were the son of comparatively poor parents. He was educated at Eton, and while at college .his mother would allow him only £2 a quarter. She said that nearly all the sons of millionaires in America because vicious and useless on account of the possession of too much wealth, and she determined that this boy should have it only if he grew up worthy of it.' '      

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