Evening star., 1920-11-28
Selecting a Wife for the Prince of Wales

of having a Catholic fianceesbecome a
: Protestant But they don't do it tha I
way in England. It will he recalled
-. that when Queen Victoria married
Prince Albert the. question arose as
% whether he was a genuine Protes-
tant. one who could live up 10 ,!le
, ritual OF the Anglican Church. queen
Victoria Informed her ministers tl,at
lie was not only = Protestant. but. be-
in. descendant OF the house Of Sax
nny. me came from Il family that Ira 4
been noted for three centuries fol. its
opposition 10 the Pope ana its support
81 Martin Luther. Was rlis enough :?
T! was not. Queen Victories minis
icrS said he was 1t "tlissanter.'H any
row. And when she walked up to the
! altar with him on her wedding day
she wore Honilon lace. Spiraiiields
, silk, Coventry ribbons. and English
kid gloves. to sho.f that She .,sSieast
was 100 per cent English. even f her
consort, were q sort of foreigner.
AS to Russia and Greece. they would
both be in the running We're II not Tor
The fact that the heads Of their houses
are at present technically--and here
for once tecinicalitics reals co,ia;--
reyes in exilio fkings in ex:Iej. Il
is therefore not only not desi..a b,e-it
is impossible for the trince az Wales
to- marry n Russian nr aireci:,n prin-
cess.
What is lefte Serbia. has ,io prir
cesses; Gcrmsn. and Austria Han
! gary and Czeciioslcyakia all once
packed with princesses, are nov re-
publics. Ana how. these were enemy
countries. only q few days ago, an.
The Prince. OF Walas is 7,lanifestIy
looking for neir.nate and not Coz an
antagonist.
Nor can he follow thc example of
his illustrious grandfather. Edward
VII. who married Princess Alexandra.
dauehterof Christian IH OF Denmark.
The present King of Denmark. Chris
ian \. has ne daughters. lie, has two
unmarried sisters. but one OF them
was born forty years ago and the
other thirty years ago. 1e has also
two nieces. both of whom are mere
children. If it were not i,npoiite. we
would say that the Prince OF Wales
wishes neither to rob the cradle nor
the old ladies' home.
NOT can Norway come TO the rescue.
King Haakon VII, brother Of Chris
tian x of Denmark, has only one
child, SON. Anyhow. King Haakon
VII married Princess Maud. third
Wales grandfather.
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Sweden might help in time King
has. aside from a -year-old grand
daughter. Princess Ingrid, two un-
married nieces, one born. in 1901, the
other in 1905. The Prince of Wales
is twenty-six. SO that if he could be
persuaded to wait q while the older
Of these two might do in pinch.
Holland. on the contrary. is out of
the question. The heiress to the
throne Of the Netherlands. Princess
Juiiana. apart from being only eleven
years old, is the daughter of q Ger
man father. Her youth renders her
unsuitable at present. while the Ger
man blood in her veins makes her
unattractive for the future.
There is, however, Rumania. King
Ferdinand has three daughters. Prin-
cess Elizabeth was born October II.
1884. She would he the junior. then.
of Prince Edward Albert. Duke Of
Cornwall. by three months and eight
cen days. Princess Marie. was born
in 1900, Just the right age for q brides
maid. Princess Ileana was born in
1909. and would. consequently. At in
beautifully as a flower girl. All three
are charming.
| Let the Prince of Wales beware of
Bucharest! In it there may be spread
for him a net. But wherever his I'm
clination' may lead him. the greater
and better part of the world joins the
London Times in its unaffected wishes
for his health, happiness and pros
perity. And we advise him to get
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