The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Hereditary Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
May Be Man
TWO ARE BELIEVED
TO BE SWEETHEARTS
The Grand Duke Has Been Much at
Buckingham Palace and Princess
Recently Visited the Do
mains of Duke
ny LADY MARY MANwARING


London July 12.-(Special.) )-"Love
versus Duty does sometimes bulk largely
In the young lives of both the commoner
and the aristocrat; but in the case of a
royal youth or maid 1t generally assumes
terrific Importance 1 should say that
prior to almost every royal match this
question has lowered before a young
imagination just as capable of the joy
OF following romance through the en-
chanted land of Love as the less highly
born. But just as surely believe that in
almost every case the call of romance
has had to be stifled. In some instances
a few steps have been taken along the
primrose path, so simple and so entranc-
ing, until the remorseless hand of duty
tand strong as iron when coupled with
the word "Royar) has jutted out and
drawn the love-sick Prince or the
Romantic Princess back to the thorny
way of Blood Royal Marriage"
Will Be Love Match
But now the time is coming when young
Princess Mary of England must soon
find a husband. For political and other
reasons it is necessary that she should
do so, and while Gas has been shown the
choice must be limited to narrow circle,s
yet l believe, from information 1 have
received of special nature. that the
man who will link his life with hers will
not be Unacceptable or merely passively
endured. but have the supreme recon-
mendation of coming to her as lover.
His Grand Ducal Highness the hand
scme young Hereditary Duke of Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz, is now known to be in the
position of suitor for the hand of the
Kings daughter. For 10 years he has
regularly visited their majestes at Buck
ingham, palace and has been taken under
the royal wing as only prospective SON.
in-law could be. Last year Queen Mary
took the young Princess to Neu-Strelitz to
see the noble possessions of the Grand
Drcal family there, what time the future
Grand Duke was playing a gallant part
in the famous tournament as Earl's
Court This year the Hereditary Grand
Duke is again in England, and has filled
the distinguished position of the Sun
King at the Versailles Ball at the Albert
hall. A more prominent position 1t would
be impossible for any foreign prince to
occupy in this country, and as Queen
Mary has always been so extremely clan
nish with the Streitz family, the fore
casting of a brilliant alliance, for the
Hereditary Grand Duke with the only
daughter OF King George is a safe one.
The alliance would, of course. not be
fact. have a repetition of curiously in
teresting kind should another Princess
Of Britain go to Stretz as a future Grand
Duchess. The alliance is said to be the
work of the old Dowager Grand Duchess,
who is British Princess. and the last
representative of the Cambridge branch
of the family of King George H. The
old Grand Duchess is 80, and for
years she had a town house in London
and came over every summer to renew
old associations
Love for Things English
Intensely proud of being a Princess of
Great Britain and ireland, all her de-
scendants have imbibed her love of every
thing English. and her grandson, the
Hereditary Grand Duke, is much
Englishman as King George himself.
Strange as it may seem the venerable
Grand Duchess can boast that she wit
messed the coronation of King William ",
who came to the throne in the year 1880.
She was the Princess Augusta. one of
the daughters of the Duke of Cambridge
who also provided us with the popular
Princess May of Cambridge. the mother
OF the Queen Mary of today.
The "Roi Soei of the pageant at the
Albert hall is therefore, a frst-rate
match for Princess Mary. 1t is believed
that his engagement to the Kaiser's only
daughter, which Just year ago caused
the photographs of the young couple to
be published all over the Empire and
Europe would have been followed by
marriage. had it not been that His Aug
rst grandmother was determined that he
should do even better, and become the
son-in-iaw of the King of England. How
ever, that may be, insofar as mere world
ly considerations CO. Princess Mary would
have little to complain of. should she
be welded to the Hereditary Grand Duke
for Neu-Stretz is only about 60 miles
from Berlin and the journey is easily
done in two or three hours Neu-Streltz
Is very healthy, and is situated on the
Baltic coast, and very snugly placed. The
Etrelitzers are fabulously rich, and by the
marriage the young Princess would have
everything this world can give, barring
n crown.