January 6, 1937
Antenor Patino, "scion of the of the richest families in the world," and his wife, the "youthful and beautiful Princess Cristina de Bourbon," are currently visiting Southern California, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The marriage between the Bolivian envoy and the Spanish princess has combined the "wealth of New Spain with the royalty of Europe."
Patino is the secretary of the Bolivian Legation in Paris, where his father, Don Simon Patino, is the Minister. The elder Patino "developed the most famous tin mine in the world in Central Bolivia." he also runs a company which has tin mines in Malay States. Antenor is the director of this company, and is a frequent visitor to New York City. He will "inherit the bulk of the family fortune," but at present is "an earnest young diplomat interested in all phases of world affairs." He speaks fluent English.
His wife, Princess Cristina, is "saddened by the tragedy in Spain." She and her husband were in their Paris home when "the revolution came to her native land." She said that her mother, the Duchess of Durcal, "was caught in Madrid, but after anxious days escaped safely."
Princess Cristina "speaks English of Mayfair, with no foreign accent." She said that she had an "English nurse who taught her English before she learned Spanish." Her grandfather was a first cousin of former King Alfonso XIII's grandfather.
The newlyweds are staying in a suite at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. They offered "high praise" of the area, and plan to visit film studios and take "long sightseeing drives in the country."
[Although the Los Angeles Times refers to Patino's wife as Princess Cristina, she was not a princess. She was born Doña Maria Cristina de Borbon y Bosch-Labrus in 1913, the elder of two daughters of Fernando de Borbon, Duke of Durcal, and his wife, Maria Letitia Bosch-Labrus.]
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