THEIR MAJESTIES AS I KNEW THEM

PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF EUROPE

BY

XAVIER PAOLI

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY A. TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS

ILLUSTRATED

New York STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY 1911

All rights reserved

Copyright 1911 By STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY

Set up and electrotyped. Published March, 1911

M. XAVIER PAOLI

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

INTRODUCTION v

I THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA 3

II KING ALFONSO XIII 41

III THE SHAH OF PERSIA 81

IV THE TSAR NICHOLAS II AND THE TSARITSA ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA 127

V THE KING AND QUEEN OF ITALY 165

VI GEORGE I, KING OF THE HELLENES 199

VII QUEEN WILHELMINA OF THE NETHERLANDS 229

VIII THE LATE KING OF THE BELGIANS 259

IX THE ENGLISH ROYAL FAMILY 301

X THE KING OF CAMBODIA AND HIS DANCING-GIRLS 329