Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-31
THE WAY TO A THRONE.
A POSSIBLE AMERICAN QUEEN IN
THE NEAR FUTURE.

One of Our Countrywomen Said to have
paen Selected ms q Wife for Prince Al
hart victor. Eldest Som of the Prince oil
Wales.
have a piece of interesting news lor
the ladies. Prince Albert Victor, the
sIiest son of the Prince of Wales, and
tho prospective king of England, Is 10
morry an American. His father ana
mntber have been led to this decision
nartIy through the paucity Of Protestant
families reigning in Europe, ana parity
tbrourh the popular discomfort at the
constant German alliances. Inc OIL!
Protestant houses with maH1geabie
danrbters are those of the petty German
nr;nces: and the disfavor which has
erected the marriages Of the Duke OF
Edinburgh and the Princess Beatrice Is
Attributed by the queen to the facts that
the former took a wife of another than
tho accented English faith, and that the
latter married n German.
. CONSTANT SOURCE OF TROUBLE.
This dilemma has been n constant
Sourre of trouble to the Prince and Prin-
coss of Wales. The stability of the throne
| itcclf dcpends on the selection OF their
lN1N o.
eldest sons wife. Englishmen OF the
present generation will not brook a Catfo-
lie on or near the throne, and there Is
/ not to-day, rs in 1864, a reigning prince,
like the Prince of Denmark, with q oeVy
| of fair daughters to wear the crowns OF
the Protestant realms. Moreover, rs the
political isolation of England has IN
creased the popular dislike of everything
German has grown with 1t. In society
this sentiment has been shown by mani
festations against 1.-THE Tecks" and 1.-THE
B~attenbergs." Among the masses it has
assumed q dangerously threatening
form. No German prince or princess can
ever again he brought into the royal
family of Great Britain.
Lord Be~uconsfeld was the first one TO
suggest that the queens eldest grandson
should take an American wife. The
willy old statesman had in his lifetime
seen so many social prejudices broken
down, so many apparently insuperabie
barriers removed. hat he foretold the day
when the English monarchy and the
American republic should finally join
hands. Every marriage of an English
peer or peers son to an American has
brought this day nearer: and the favor
with which the American peeresSes are
received, their charms Of person and in
tellect, their easy supremacy in the high
est drawing rooms of London, proved TO
careful watchers of the times that the
ultimate result was inevitable. In the
innormost circles of the court it was ru-
mored nearly a year ago that the Prince Of
Wales would look TO the United states
for q wife of his eldest son.
AMERICAN WOMEN POPULAR.
Consequently, both he and the princess
have done everything in their power to
enhance the social popularity Of Ameri-
can women in London. He personally
undertook TO arrange the wedding OF
Lord Cairns and Miss Grant, and II was
at his advice that the match was broken
off. At all state balls and concerts he
paid conspicuous attention TO the Amcrl-
can ladies, and few of our lomewartl-
bound bellies, who are flushed with their
social triumphs in London are aware that
they have simply served to prepare he
wavry for the greatest wedding i'll Eng
land. The queen, vino has long ousived
her a~ntipathy to Americans, gave her
/ consent TO the scheme ut its outset; and
the Princess of Wales, who used 10 COM
plain that American girls were loud
now expresses herself as being entirely
pleased with the idea Of Prince Albert
Victor's marriage to one OF them.
| have heard whispers that n young
lady has been already designated by the
queen. However, all my informants
agree that the time is not yet ripe for the
publication of her name. All that is abb
| solutely certain is that Prince Albert Vic
tor is to marry al American and that
unless the tidal wave Of democracy
sweeps away the British throne, all
American girl will be queen of England.
To have limited at such a contingency
would, n few years ago, have been re-
garded as lunacy. To-day it will be
calmly accepted, and will simply resolve
itself into the question, "Who is she:'-
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