The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-22
CLAIMS HE IS SON
OF KING EDWARD
prince" Says He Will Push
Claim for Recog-
milton.
TO WE'D NOBl EW o M A N
TIe Has Acted as Prize Butler in
Wealthy American
Families.

Philadelphia, Pa, February o1.-"H.
r. III. Prince" Henry Holden Colpus is
going to give up his furnished room ut
500 North Sixteenth Street to become
the blushing husband OF woman of
the English nobility.
The prince" said SO himself ycster-
day.
Some folks may not have heard Of
the prince" For their benefit il may
be said that at ono time he held the
high position OF court chamberlain to
King kalakaua. of the Sandwich ISL
nnds, and that later he acted as GUS
toulan or little Prince, dc Colonna,
grandson of the elder Clarence Mackay
Also. he has according TO his own ac-
count. been n prize butler in some OF
the wealthiest families in America.
AS TO the title he takes pleasure in
sporting around. tho prince" asserts
visitor in his furnished room ycstcr-
day he declared that he is a natural
son of the late King Edward: in fact,
the Oldest of the Kings sons. And
WHAT'S moro to the point. he said. he
Is going to prove to tho world that he
Is a prince of the royal blood
TO that end he is going to wed His
Drlue. be. the prince" explained. has
PROMISED to spend her fortune in his
fight for recognition. To allay tho
\
claimed any intention OF wanting to
wrest the crown from the present
holder. All he wants, he made it plain.
is recognition. With that he will be
satished. If 1t is forthcoming. he will
return to America with his bride and
make his home here Not in FUR
nished room. to be sure, but in stvle
that BELTS his rank
As wedding gift to his bride, the
prince, said he is going to give her
a n a tnf
his mother by King Edward, he said.
TO wipe away her tears" The tears,
ne explained, came when his mother
learned she could not be legally we'd
ded to his father. because she was not
or the royal blood. The prince" said
the handkerchief will be in lieu of a
wedding ring. as he hasn't the money
to buy one.
When the prince" was asked the
name OF his bridc-to-bc he said it is
Berry. The rest of it he would not
divuige. saying we must be fair to
the lady and not mention her name"
The prince" is past fifty lie ad-
United yesterday that he had hoped to
marry an American hoiress. bur, he
| said. nc found American girls too
finiclSy and too artistic"
His stay in America, however. has
not been without Its romance only
a few years ago the prince said
modestly. IAN old spinster worth sew
erai millions proposed to me, but her
brothers were opposed to our mar
riage."
! Then, Just To show that nc doesn't
care much about American girls, any
way, the prince said that the
trouble with American girls is that
they wear large hats. make goo-goo
eys and always want TO go to the
movies"
When his visitor arrived In tho fur
nished room, he found the prince
packing up his pictures. letters and
other souvenirs, preparatory to his
| trip to London; object, matrimony.
The walls of the room were decorated
with pictures of King Edward and also
picture OF Queen Alexandra. lie
claims she sent 1t TO him
According to the prince" his mother
was Quaker girl. She met King Ed
ward, he said. when he was Prince of
Wales, 1t was not until he was TWEEN
weight years old. the prince" said.
that his mother told him of his royal
parentaGe. She made him promise. he
said. that he wouldn't start II legal
fight for recognition as prince until
after her death.
The prince" said he has served as
butler in the homes OF j. +. Morgan.
Grover Cleveland, General Russell
Thayer Mrs. Leland Stanford, Charles
Scadding, Bishop of Oregon: John r.
Mclean and a score of others He dis
played letters purporting To have been
written by some Of them praisng him
as butler.