Show if RENOUNCES RIGHT OF ACCESSION TO THRONE bruslan imperial family upset by decision of grand duke michael to become country gentleman st petersburg emperor nicholas nud and members of the imperial family aro are greatly upset by tho the determination of tho the emperors only brother grand duko duke All michael chael And definitely to renounce ills his rights of sue succession to the throne the morganatic marriage contracted in 1910 by tho iho grand duke with the divorced wife of a brother officer was rc antly blessed by the birth of a son this event prompted grand duko duke michaels decision ile iio wishes to retire to the private life of a country gentleman assuming the title of count in order to enjoy domestic bliss far from froin the atmosphere of the court for which ile ho never had any predilection the he em emperor perr la Is opposed to this stop all the more because of the recent illness of his only son bon crown prince alexis which has revived fears for the succession the sons of the lato late grand duke vladimir who would become tho the next candidates tor for the throne unhappily y share their fathers intense unpopularity all classes of well informed russians indeed regard the possibility af of their ascending tho the throne as disastrous for foe the tha dynasty |