Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-17

/. is my duty here TO explode an ancient
and persistent scandal which has been
circulated about King George That
was the story that he was married as a
young man, when he had no hope OF
becoming heir to the throne, To the
daughter of a commoner and that he
abandoned her to marry the present
queen when his elder brothers death
made him heir To begin with no such
marriage could have taken place, for
under the English law any ceremony
would have been Illegal and void by
which any member of the royal family
WAS married to anyone-royal or not
without the consent of the king in
council But I am informed on the
highest authority that there wasn't
even midnight ceremony to base II
on The favorite story is that the lady
was the daughter Of an admiral and
that Prince George married her when
ne was a young sailor stationed at
Malta. | have the authority Of a close
friend of the late Princess Mary Of
Teck. mother of the present queen, VINO
made a thorough investigation of all
the stories before her daughters mar
riage, for the following version OF what
really happened,
King George was always an uncom-
monty serious young man, Unlike his
father the late King Edward, he had
no taste for actresses and he detested
demi mondsines. His love affairs, such
as they were, we're always with young
ladies whom he met at court or on
his Journeys abroad, and he had way
of falling rather seriously in love. one
of the most serious of his boyish love
AFFAIRS occurred when he was In Malta.
The girl was the daughter, not OF an
admiral but of an army doctor sta
toned there and the princess was in
formed the AFFAIR went 10 far that the
young prince declared that II IL were
in his power he would marry the girl.
II wasn't In his power however. for
no such marriage could have any bind
ing force In England and there never
was any kind OF ceremony This is
the only basis for the story 80 common
ly accepted as true that the present
king Of England was automatically
married.
ROYAL ALLIANCES"
II ne were not, however, n good many
Of his predecessors were, as well as n
good many Of his forebears who never
sat on the throne William III Of Eng
land+-William Of Orange-fnaITied the
Countess Auguste Won Borroch NOR
DRAMATICALLY after his wife's death.
George won't through a marriage GER
George " married Mrs, Fitzherbert,
an actress. and William " married
Mrs Jordan their children being known
nv the name of Fitzclarence. One of
the best known cases OF morganatic
marriage In England during compare
lively recent years was that OF the late
duke OF Cambridge. Queen Victoria S
cousin. TO Miss FarebTother beautiful
and talented actress, They lived hap
pliv together for a lifetime and their
children. who are known by the name
Of FYtzgeorgc. won high rank and hon
ors I'm the army and navy. So opposed
was Queen Victoria 10 this match, how
ever. that she never received her
cousins wife and although the duke Of
Cambridge was at court constantly
never mentioned her name TO him. or
I'm any way allowed him 20 know that
she was aware of her cousin -in-law's
cxistencc only when the faithful
morgan matte wife died and the bereaved
husband was mourning her as sincerely
as man ever mourned did the stern
old queen unbend. She wrote a letter
excuslng him from attendance at a
court function and expressing her sym
pathv with him In the severance Of 50
intimate a relationship. which had con-
tInued for so many years"
Sometimes the offspring Of NOR
ganatic marriage regain their royal
s,a.o The present queen OF England
was Princess May OF Teck and her
father. the duke. OF Tcck. was the son
| of one OF the dukes OF Wurtembcrg by
a n1organatic wife Prince Henry Of
Batterberg who married the favorite
aaughter OF Queen Victoria, and whose
daughter IL the queen OF Spain, VAS
also the descendant OF a morganatic
marriage by one OF the princes ~
| Hcsse.
IL has even been said that the wife