Friday, January 21, 2011

Princess Charlotte has the grippe

January 21, 1921

Princess Charlotte of Belgium, aunt of King Albert, is "seriously ill of the grippe."  The condition is "causing much anxiety" due to the princess' advanced age, reports the New York Times.
Charlotte is the widow of the "ill-fated Archduke Maximilian of Austria, who was briefly emperor of Mexico before he was executed in 1867.

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