The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-14


The Review of Reviews article, in
part, follows:
"Tbe living legend of the Kings in
.smnerance is sometimes deity mixed
nm with another falsehood which is of
sTen more ancient date. Nearly every
bodv in general company will tell you
more or less circumstantial stories of
how Prince George was married to an
admiral's daughter at Malta at a time
when he never expected to be called to
the throne. The admiral is sometimes
Admiral s.. Admiral T or
Admiral l.. The marriage is de-
rlared to he economically valid, as it was
celebrated. so the story goes, in the
FngIish Church by an Anglican chap
lain in the presence Of the whole ship's
company, under whose crossed swords
the Young couple. who had just been
made man and wife in cOntraventiOn
Of the rovaI marriage act, walked in
bridal procession from the church. By
This marriage, which is represented as
one Of passionate affection on both
sides. the storvtellers declare the king
has had two children. and they were
living as happily as little birds in a
nest when the death of his elder brother
confronted Prince George with the hor-
rible necessity of committing bigamy
according tc the law of the church, in
order to provide the EMP with an
heir who would be legitimate under the
provisions of the royal marriage act.
The Queen Alexandra, in this elaborated
romance, is said to have flung herself
with tears at the feet of Queen Vic
toria. imploring that relentless old lady
to waive the objection to marriage
with subject But she lmplOred IN
vain The Malta marriage was ignored
The animals daughter and her two
children were banished to some remote
fastness in the wilds of Scotland, some
tines described as a lunatic asylum,
where after time the unhappy lady
died. According to some versions, her
father had previously committed SUI
eide But twice in every year the King
is allowed to visit his two frst-born
children. who, however, are carefully
hidden from the prying search of the
curious,
The Persistency of the Fable.
II was reminded of the persistence
Of this extraordinary effort of the ere
alive Imagination of my cOuntrynen by
sudden summons to the telephone a
day or two otter the late kings death
The cali came from a London CORE
spOndent who had lust received an IN
peratiye cable from his newspaper II
Chicago ordering him TO proceed at once
to Scotland to find out all about the
new Kings two children by his nor
ganatic wife. TO see them if possible
and send on the story He appealed
to me to give him some clew that nigh
aid him in his quest. / replied: DO
you think that I can for a moment
admit that there ever was morganatl'
marriage or that there are any sueL
children? I know of none such. Fur
Their, went into the whole story seven
teen years. age and received the mos
positive assurances from the late kin-
Edward raat there was not word o.
Truth in the whole legend.
A Maltese Myth,
But the story persists. down ever
10 this day. The imaginary daughte
Of one Of the three admIral7 who con
uacted the imaginary marriage was cur
IeDtly reported to have been in -
'eorge' IS Chapel witnessing the secon
marriage or the late funeral.
Hearing the story repeated from
mouth to mogth-rhe charitable eXeus
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