The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-13

London Special.
| With but a step between him and tbs
/ throne of England. Prince George Of
| Wales, so long known as the Duke Oh
York. at once looms into more import
ance than he has hitherto in all his life
and since the world has had him under
scrutiny some of the acts of his earlier
years are being dragged to the light
Since the serious illness of King EDWARD
VII. has made Ii apparent that his sec
ond son is likely to take the chrome al
almost any time some ancient gossip has
been revived and some OF the tragic MS
tory of his career involving personaSes
of note in the empire Is being aired.
The old question:: has Frince George
been welded twice?" is once more on the
lips of the people. and many recall the
scandal whispered when the Prince was
welded to Princes May OF Teck, Ine
wedding took place in London Thursday.
July 5, 1893. amidst great re1oictngs and
with magnificent celebrations. This was
after the death of the Duke of Clarence.
when IL was assured that the young Duke
was in the line of succession and upon
| the assump ion of the throne by the then
| Prince of Wales he would fall heir to
| the title. 1t was during the preparations
| for this great nuptial spectacle that the
Mediterranean sea between the British
flagship Victoria and the Camperdown,
in which 400 men and officers lost their
lives This terrific disaster cast gloom
shadow, apparently. On the skies OF the
Prince and his beautiful consort.
Rumored Early Wedding.
During all the preparation for the we'd
ding rumors were afioat in London that
Prince George had been married before.
1t was stated that four or five years be-
fore the Prince had been married by Ro-
man Catholic rites IN little church In
Malta AMI that he mad ope ally lived with
this wife and had by her two children.
\ = Ant, AA heafn ~
ding of the Prince and Princess May That
the marriage would never take place,
but the matter was finally arranged and
the nuptials were celebrated.
the first marriage. The woman in the
case was referred to as 1.-THE lady OF
Malta by the people of London and
1t vas stated that she was not only pres
the wedding of the Prince, but that she
was also at Buckingham Palace during
the week previous to the wedding II
was stated that owing to the royal mar
royal family to marry q commoner the
woman realized that her marriage con-
tract was null and void. Tine Prince when
he made the contract thought that his
elder brother, the Duke of Clarence,
would marry and produce heirs to the
throne and felt that In this case his mar
riage with the woman or Malta would
at least receive a quasi sanction, as IN
the case or several otner sucn marIdBes'
The unexpected death of the heir ap-
parent upon the eye of his wedding threw
a different light upon the subject and
at once made 1t necessary that the Duke
of York should ally himself with some
member of a roval family. 1t is rumored
that many exciting scsnes transptred dur
ing these times. The Princess OF Wales
made several long trips abroad with her
son and there was much trouble and Cos
sip and worry over the matter. The
prince II was averred, had lived openly
with the wife in Malta, and in order to
marry according to his rank he must de-
sert not only his wife, but the two chill
dren of the union.
Pressure Brought to Bear.
Be 1t said to his credit, the Prince de-
INJURED and refused to give up ms wire
and children. Then It was that the