The Kanabec County Times

Another Morganatic Scandal
London paper: A great sensation has been excited in court circles at Berlin by a rumor which has arrived from Naples, via Vienna, that the widowed Princess Frederick Charles of Prussia has contracted a morganatic marriage with Capt. Von Wagenheim, one of her equerries. The Princess has been in Italy for the last seven months, and she is now at Sorrento. There is no reason why anybody should express surprise if the Princess has thought fit to change her condition after ten months of widowhood, as it is notorious that her first marriage was a most unhappy one and her relations with her late husband had been decidedly strained for many years before his death. It was only the urgent entreaties of the Emperor William that prevented a separation about two years ago, when the Princess retired to Dessau. Princess Frederick Charles, who is now in her forty-ninth year, is the younger sister of the Duke of Anhalt and the Duchess of Saxe-Altenberg. She was married at the age of seventeen to the late Prince Frederick Charles, and has four children—the Princess Albrecht of Saxe-Altenberg (formerly Princess Henry of the Netherlands), the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, the Duchess of Connaught and the Prince Frederick Leopold, who is still a minor. The Princess is very clever and a most charming woman and highly accomplished.