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Show I 1 Prince Otto, the heir presumptive to ths Austrian throne, is only 20 years old. Gustaf, Duke of Wermland, who is the heir to the throne of Sweden and Norway, is 81 years of age. Toung Victor Emanuel, Prince of Naples, the heir to the throne of Italy, was 20 years bid last November. The heir to the Portuguese throne, to which Dom Carlos has just succeeded, Is Louis Philippe, Phi-lippe, Prince Beira, who is only 2 years old. The futurs queen of Holland, Princess Wil-feelmina, Wil-feelmina, has recently completed her 9th year, and is likely to succeed her aged and decrepit father ere very long. Soma heirs to European thrones have lately arrived at young manhood. Ths Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia and the Duke of Bparta in Greece have recently celebrated the completion of their 21st year. The heir apparent ot the great German empire and the Prussian kingdom is the little Prince Frederick William, who ib only 7 years Of age. Should he die before reaching maturity ma-turity his younger brother, Prince William, Dow aged 6, would become the heir. The present king ot Spain, Alfonso XIII, is not 4 years old, and came to the throne at his birth, his father having died before the little king came into the world. Should he die before be-fore marrying, his eldest sister, the Infanta Dona Maria de las Mercedes, now 9 years of age, would succeed to the Spanish throne. The succession in England belongs to the Prince of Wales, who is 48 years old. But it is said that the Priuce of Wales' health is precarious, pre-carious, and it is not improbable that his mother, Queen Victoria, although she is TO years old, may outlive him. In that case the heir to the throne would be Albert Victor, the Prince of Wales' eldest son, who is now 89 years old. Youth's Companion. |