Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Swindling archduke

April 5, 1935

Archduke Wilhelm of Austria was indicted in Paris today on "a charge of swindling," according to the Associated Press.  The Archduke was accused with aiding a friend, Paulette Couyba, a former singer, "who was jailed several months ago" after being charged with "taking money from hotels in return for a promise of publicity."

The publicity was "never delivered."


Read more about Archduke Wilhelm and his family: 
http://royalbooknews.blogspot.com/2010/12/red-prince-by-timothy-snyder.html

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