Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-18
NO AMERICAN QUEEN.
0flcial Denial OF n Very Interesting
Story, DRshlng the Hopes OF
Ambitious American Girls.
Prince Albert victor Cannot Marry TIL He
Is twenty Five without the Con
sent OF the Queen.
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which gladly publishi
SANDRINGHAM HALL, KINe's LYNN
NoRFoLK, Sept. IA, lsSG,--To the Editor
OF Town Topics, New York, Y. s. A.
SIR: His royal hlshness, the prince OF
Wales, has received message from the
British minister at Washington, stating
that the engagement Of his royal high
ness, Prince Albert Victor, TO an Ameri-
can lady has been announced In Town
| Topics. am desired by his royal high
ness to Inform you that the report is not
correct and to request that you Will pub
| lisb denial OF II In your paper
| In requesting this, his royal highness
does not wish 1t To be supposed that he
is casting any reflection upon American
womanhood His royal hlghness has had
the pleasure OF meeting many of the fair
citzeneases OF the great republic during
the last few years. Thanks TO that Gu
tire freedom from restraint which char
actertzes your conntrywomen, compar-
atively short acquaintance with them
have enabled his royal highness to gain
good insight into the virtues OF Amerl-
lean ladies'. His late trip to the cont.
nent, on which he was attended by
beyy OF American ladies, has Increased
his respect for them.
Unfortunately, by the royal marriage
act, which was passed In the reign OF his
royal highness' lamented great-grand-
father, George Ill, none Of the descend
ants OF his late mai rsty, George H., un-
less Of foreign birth, can marry under the
age OF twenty five without the consent Of
the sovereign. However willing his
royal highness might be 20 accept an
American daughter-in.law, the consent
of her majesty the queen must be obtain
, ed to any marriage Of members Of the
, royal family under the age OF twenty five
Her majesty is not believed TO be In
/, favor Of Pr nee Albert Victor marrying
, an American. | am, sir, your obedlenl
/ servant, FRANCIS kNoLLis.
willingly publish this letter from ST
Francis Knollys. The royal marriage &C
! TO which he alludes was passed because
. George HIS sons, failing TO appreciate
/, the fat German Processes offered to then
a as wives, married pretty Englishwomei
!, instead. Before the German element wal
y introduced into the reigning family O
= England, alliances between royalties ant
> subjects were not considered mesalll
. ances. James II. married Lord Caven
!, dish's daughter. Their two daughter
|, were both queens of England. -Four on
: OF Henry Wills six wives were subjects
The children of two succeeded TO tn
throne. Edward ~, married a subject
and Queen Victoria herself is descende,
from Catherine Swyniord, VINO was frs
:, the mistress and then the wife OF John Q
Gaunt.
The queen has not been very consisteu
- In regard to morganatc marriages. Sh
refused her consent to the marriage 9
her cousin, Princess Mary OF Cambridg
4 TO Lord Hood She allowed her TO MARI
sT the Duke Teck, who is the issue of
r morganatic marriage, aud yet she refuse
,e To recognize the d'Estes, who were th
10 Legitimate children of the Duke Of Sui
81 sex and the Duchess OF Invern, IS. Attt
az the Prince Consort's death the queen g
A. "A mania for morgsnatic marriages. Prime
/. Louise, Princess Frederika OF Hanove
,5 Princess Louise of Battenburg, and no
4 Princess Beatrice have all made marriage
/, which in German courts would precluC
in the possibility of their being receive
81 The queen was very anxious that Prime
Of Leopold should marry Miss Barring, u
s great heiress, now Lady William Com
20 ton, but the young lady objected to beiI
NJ tied to a sick husband,
I'd 1t was well known in London son
years ago that one Of the two fair Ne
YORK sisters VINO starIeu tue AmertC'
Id mania there did aspire to Prince lie
pold's hand. What encouragement 81
RI received do not know. AS her fortu
turned out to be nothing like what 1t HI
been reported to be, she was probah
rs snubbed.
ls That the engagement OF Prince eddie
to an American girl has been on the tap
II Sir Francis Knollys does not deny Tn
the young man has been much attract
yer by the beauty of one is certain, He W
only have to wait till he is twenty-five
enable him to kick over the grand mat
nal traces. Then, II parliament does 7
Ter interfere, and the tidal wave OF Dem'
racy in England will have increased
,er much in force, although do not think
will, England's proud aristocracy v
have to bend the knee to an Americ
,ar queen. The question is, who is she?
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