3-083-001 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Duc d'Aosta's Marriage with Princess Hélène of Orleans: Stowe House: a walk in the grounds, 1895. 'It was at the Chateau d'Eu, on June 23. 1886. that the news of their exile first reached the [French] royal family, "We were seated together after dinner," one who was present told me, "when the telegram came. The Comte de Paris read it aloud. He alone remained calm. Within four days we left France for ever." A welcome awaited the family in England, and for several years they have found a retreat at Stowe House, the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos. But, although the life at Stowe was a quiet and uneventful one, the sorrow of the empty home in France has always overshadowed the royal exiles. The life led by Princess Hélène of Orleans at Stowe has been that of an English girl: plenty of sport and outdoor exorcise, varied by occasional house parties and trips abroad'. Photograph with illustration added. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.