Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-18 | Page 17 | Royal Household Divided Political Leanings Differ

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD DIVIDED 3 t23 3 tf POLITICAL LEANINGS DIFFER ROWN PRINCESS of Sweden, who is placed in difficult position on account of pro-German attitude of the queen. sir " ! i ( ! Prince Stands Behind His Wife in Her Pro-British Position. LOXDOJT, March 17. The position of the crown princess of Sweden, who was formerly Margaret of Connaught, is rather a difficult one at the present time. Sweden is in some respects decidedly pro-German and, although the crown prince is a first cousin of the German kaiser, be is said to have pro-British leanings on account of his wife's in-fluence. in-fluence. . His mother, the queen, however, is the leading spirit of the German propagandists propa-gandists in Sweden and is almost fanatical fanati-cal in her devotion to that country, which is said to be responsible for a great deal of ill feeling between her daughter-in-law and herself. It is understood that the crown prince stands solidly behind his wife in her political po-litical leanings, and no end of unpleasantness unpleas-antness has resulted in the royal household.