Earlier today Princess Heinrich XVIII of Reuss arrived in New York City on the Lusitania. The former Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin is en route to Havana, where her son, Heinrich, a naval officer, has taken ill with a fever.
The princess has been making "record-breaking time" to get to her ill son. The Princess was at her home in Germany when she received a telegram that her son was stricken. Within two hours, she was on board a train for London, and on to Liverpool, where she boarded the Lusitania.
The German consulate in New York City arranged for a tug to meet the princess and her maid when the Lusitania was docked for quarantine. Charlotte and her maid "clamored down the vessel's side to the tug."
They were taken to Pennsylvania Station for the 9:40 train to Port Tampa, Florida, and then travel to Knights Key, where they will board a steamer to Havana, They are expected to arrive on November 23 at 6:30 a.m.
The Princess' trip between London and Cuba will take eight days and eighteen hours.
HH Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1868-1944) married Prince Heinrich XVIII Reuss (1847-1911)in 1886. They have three sons: Heinrich XXXVII (1888-1964)), Heinrich XXXVIII (1889-1918), and Heinrich XLII (1892-1949).
The article did not identify which son was taken ill, but it was most likely one of the two elder sons.
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