The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-03
NUPTIAL KNOT
,UNITESSWEDEN
AND ENGLAND
Lady M0untbatten, Relative
of King George, Webs
Swedish Crown Prince
BRIDE IS POPULAR
Bridegroom Is Handsome
Athlete as Are All Men,
bers Of Royal Family

Stockholm, Nov. 3.-The marriage
in London today of Lady Louise
Mountbatten, great-grandd daughter
of the late Queen Victoria Of Eng
land and second cousin to King
George, the present sovereign, to
Gustaf Adolf, crown prince of Swe-
den, is received with dee/ interest
here. The Swedes are eager to meet
come their queen, and England is
believed to be gratified at the new
royal ties that bind Stockholm and
London into still closer friendship.
Lady Louise is sister of Lord
Louis MOuntbatten who last year
married Miss Edwina Ashly, said to
be one of the richest women in Eng
land. Lord Louis and his bride
spent part of their honeymoon in
the United States.
It was an eventful wooing which
led to the wedding in the Chapal
Royal of St. James Palace. Scarcely
had the news of Gustaf Adolf's en-
gagement been announced when it
was reported that certain authorities
in Sweden opposed the marriage on
the ground that Lady Louise was not
of sufficiently high rank to marry
the crown prince. Then. while the
genealogical experts were settling
this question in favor of the bride
to-be, came the startling news that
the press Of foreign lands was
broadcasting the tale that Lady
Louise had changed her mind about
becoming crown princess anyway,
and was going to marry an obscure
English painter Of modest income.
But as the summer passed by these
rumors we're gradually discredited
by the fact that Lady Louise and
the Swedish Crown Prince were Of
ten seen together in England and
France.
Sprung From Austria
Lady Louise's father was Prince
Louis of Battenberg, later known as
the Marquis Of Milford Haven. The
Battenburg family has sprung from
Germany by way of Austria, where
the title of prince was bestowed, and
because of strained feeling in Eng
land during the war the name was
anglicized to Mountbatten. Lady
Louise, who is about IS years old,
is typical aristocratic Englishwo-
man, gracious, generous, alert, fond
Of dancing and outdoor sport, and
gifted with genuine charm. She will
captivate Sweden as she did the Of
ficers and sailors of the Swedish
squadron visiting British waters
when she came aboard the flagship
escorted by the crown prince.
The Swedish Crown Prince, whose
full name is Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm
Olaf Gustaf Adolf, has been married
before. his first wife having died
some three years ago. Crown
Princess Margaret, daughter of the
Duke of Connaught and princess of
Great Britain and Ireland, had borne
Gustaf Adolf five children, and her
death was great bereavement ia
the Swedish people.
Bridegroom IL Al
Gustof Adolf is now Al years OF
age, more than six feet tall, as are
ali the men Of the Swedish royal
family, and vigorous as an athlete
Indeed he is the possessor of the
athletic medal" awarded only TO,
high proficiency in at least five diff
ferent branches of sport in Sweden
This is perhaps not strange, nor il
it strange that he is a military lead.
.er. and that he should have com
manded one of his country's armies
in the field maneuvers which endee
only two weeks before the wedding
But it may surprise many to learr
that the Swedish crown prince is ais.
q serious ,archaeologist, with severa
expeditions to his credit. Last yeal
he spent nearly two months person
ally directing the excavation of tn,
buried Greek town of Asine, and un
earthed many precious relics tina
shed light on the civilization of 5000
years ago. He is, moreover, a col
,lector Of paintings, especially of tn
work of modern artists, such a
Anders Zorn and Carl LARSON. Gus
tat Adolf is very democratic and
consequently, popular with the mass
es in Sweden. His political aims an,
principles, like those of his father
are sound and constructive. Tn,
wedding in London will be attende,
by both King George Of England an,
King Gustaf Of Sweden. The coppl
will spend their honeymoon in Italy