The Washington times., 1923-06-07
BRITAIN WANTS
GROWN PRINCE
0MARRY
Whole Empire Is Exercised
Over Heirs Apparent
Apathy to Marriage.
By THOMAS c. WATSON.
international News Service.

LONDON, June Z. - VIII inc
Prince Of Wales ever marry? That
| query. IL exercising Mayfair and
!, Belgravia, while it, is nothing short
of a tragedy in Buckingham Palace.
The Prince recently confessed that
he would never marry. while talk
| ing with young guards officer,
| according to a current report in
| high circles. ''But think Of the
succession the young guardee an.
swered aghast. what matter" re-
sponded the Prince. II have plenty
ofSbrothers."
| The Prince must surely be a
| lovers tombstone, for no sooner is
| his name coupled with that of some
/ charming young lady than the, ru.
NOR is nercilessly squelched by the
announcement Of her betrothal to
/ someone else.
Like Reverse English"
It was so in. the case OF Lady
] Joan Mulholland. Rumor spoke Of
1 her engagement to the Prince, and
| within week 1t was announced
she had married Lord Cavan, the
Princes general, in France. Then
/ his name was coupled with that of
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. She
was confidently spoken of as the
| future Queen Of England, but time
proved that it was to- the second
heir to the throne that she had
given her heart.
Unchagrined, the prophets boldly
declared that the heart Of the heir
| to the throne was centered on Lady
Rachel Cavendish, the third daugh-
| ter Of the wealthy and powerful
Duke OF Devonshire. But within q
month the society writers and
colufnnists had to eat their own
words when they announced the
engagement Of Lady Rachel to the
third son of a Scottish peer, the
Hon. James Grey Stuart, third son
Of the Earl and Countess Moray.
Then there was the case OF Lady
! Mary Cambridge. She il of royal
blood and IA second cousin to the
King. Here is, an ideal bride, !"
gurgled those who knew. she is
English, eligible and has royal
blood in her veins. On this ven
ture there can be no doubt" So
they went the limit Of the prophecy,
and the columns Of the official
Gazette were eagerly scanned for
the official proclamation of the be-
| trothal.
But again capricious fate fooled
EN-. Lady Mary Is shortly to marry
the Marquis of Worcester. heir to
the Duke of Beaufort. So of the
English ladies there is only Lady
May Cambridge lett. She is Sec
/ q kinswoman of the Prince. Up
to the moment it has only been
limited that the Prince may take
Lady May to the altar. So the
announcement of her engagement
to somebody else,- of course-is ex-
pected any day.
| The newspaper matchmaking he.
tween the Prince and foreign prin.
cesses has been wide of the mark
also. Despite the difference in re.
Iligion, everybody was tipping that
the Prince would marry Princess
Jose. the only daughter Of The
King and Queen Of the Belgians.
YOIanda q Candidate
Then Princess Yolanda doomed IN
the newspapers as the consort o:
the future British King. In spite
Of the rbntifical disapproval, that
was nearer the mark than most
newspaper guesses. The pretty Ital
ian Princess came to, England In
cognito a few weeks before hel
engagement to her Italian count
1 4
that she would give the young
ment she was in love with heI
present husband. but she was per
haps more than half willing IL
listen to the dictates Of the poll
ticians and diplomats.
The Protestants and the Orange
men were just getting ready t
draw up their protests against the
future King OF the realm marrying
a Roman Catholic when the beauti
full dark-eyed Italian Princess dis
appeared as quickly and as quietly
as she appeared, and within a fort
night her bethrothal to one OF hel
own countrymen was announced
The Orangemen breathed a sight
Of relief.
There was no need for their ap
prehension. The Prince Of Wales
was away in the country rislkine
his neck and his limbs steeplechas
ing and fox hunting. He had M
thought for the pretty little Italiar
Princess living 1ncognito in a Quie
London hotel. In fact, those mos
intimate with the Prince say thu
he never even knew of her appear
ance in England until after sht
had returned to her country.
Had the Prince seen the lady
from Italy a different story might
have been written. But the tive
never met. Although once wheT
the Prince was functioning at some
important social engagement in g
purely official and formal manner
the charming Princess Yolands
was there, but her, real identity
was a secret even to the Prince.
Prince Made Impression.
That the Prince had made IN i'm
preston was undoubted, for she lin
gered in London a few days longer
But the meeting never came about
and the little Princess went home
to her dashing Italian cavalrymar
and happiness. ...
So now they are beginning to re
gard the Prince as a bachelor. sc
far as matrimony Is concerned the
drawing rooms of Belgravia AND
Mayfair have long ago ceased dis
cussing 1t. Moreover, a sad fate
awaits the society journalist who
| endeaVOrg to peddle a story around
Fleet street with the inside or
the Princes forthcoming engage
ment to Lady Blank or the Prin
cess Ditto.
In fact, the word has gone from
buckingham Palace to disbelieve ru'
mors Of the princes engagement and
also to tread warily on the news
coming in from a variety of sources
as to the night haunts of the prince.