Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

worlds most. eligible bachelor is 33
years old today-and still bachelor!
Edward Arthur Christian George
Andrew Patrick David Windsor, more
popularity known as the Prince of
Wales, is eating his birthday cake
today in one or the other of his vari
GUS palace homes, while his father,
the king, and his mother, the queen,
Sorrowfully reflect that for more than
is birthdays they have said, next
year he'll be married, Surely!"
1t was back in 1911 that the inter-
national hullabaloo about finding a
bride for Prince "Davy" began. In
1911 he was betrothed by public opin-
ion to the daughter of the kaiser of
Germany, Princess Victoria Louise.
Lots of Reports
And from that first engagement"
he has been variously reported en-
gagged to every eligible girl of royal
blood in the Caucasian world girls
of every religion, girls ranging in age
from 16 to 35, beautiful girls and
homely girls, studious girls and friv-
olous girls,
There are enough romantic tales
woven about Prince "Davy" to supply
all the operas of all time.
One of the most popular has it
that his heart is buried in the un-
known grave of the Grand Duchess
Tatiana Olga, daughter of the czar
of Russia, who was put to death by
bolShevists
They say that he loved lovely Prin-
cess AStrid of Sweden, and was about
to make her his when she married
Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium.
They say that when, returning from
his trip to America he found dark
eyed Yolanda of Italy a guest of his
royal father and mother, he was al
most ready again to please the world
by mating. But she returned home
to wed dasl1ing cavalry officer.
They say that little Princess Ileana
of Rumania pleased him, but that
the too-evident eageriaess of her
match making mamma, Marie, to
moose him as a son-in-law antago-
nized him until he told her to take
Ileana home and "put her in school
where she belonged"
Today the prince is 33. King George
grows old and weary of the cares of
state. Prince "Davy" is the idol of
his people. They want him on the
throne. But they do not want a
bachelor king
But Prince "Dayy" only shrugs his
shoulders and lets them talk. Many
of his intimates seem to believe that
he has no hankering to be king, and
that if bachelorhood will keep him
from the throne and give it to his
brother, the Duke of York, and from
him to his little daughter, the Prin-
cess Elizabeth, nothing could suit
him better
In alarm the high moguls, seeing
first one princess and then another
who has been reported engaged to
the Prince of Wales marry another,
cry out, "Soon there will be no
blooded maidens left!"
But facts are that there are about
1900 maidens of blood royal in Eu-
rope and only about rs eligible
princes.
If the Prince of Wales really wants
a wife who, according to officialdom,
would be altogether fitting and
proper, there is no dearth of material.
The latest and most persistent ru-
NOR betroths him to the Infanta
Beatrice of Spain. The Spanish court
does not deny this rumor nearly so
vigorously as the British court.
Beatrice has always been popular
with her royal English relatives. She
is more English than Spanish in type.
She is charming and young, only 49,
She has that vivacity which men are
supposed to love; in fact, she is
known as the royal girl tomboy of
Europe" To be sure, she is Catholic
but officialdom would know how to
sllrmount that obstacle.
Princess Marta of Sweden and
Princess Fedora of Denmark are Of
ficially considered two of Europe's
most eligible princesses for the prince,
because they are Protestant and pre-
sent no battling international prob
lens.
Marta is a sister of Astrid, now
Crown Princess of Belgium, and with
her sister had been frequent and
welcome visitor at the English court
She is 26 and a model of domest1city.
Among maidens nearer Prince
"Davy's" own vintage is Princess
Hilda, sister of the Grand Duchess of
Luxembourg Hilda has six sisters,
and 'tis said that the seven girls
vowed to enter Carmelite convent
if unwed by the time they were 25.
They are very wealthy, and will not
marry Germans.
The Prince of Wales has been re-
ported engaged at various times to all
three daughters of the king of Italy.
But Mafalda and Yolanda are both
wed now and only Giovanna remains.
Julianna of Holland, last descend
ant of the House of Orange, which
gave Holland three kings, one queen,
seven stockholders and one English
king, is in some ways considered Eu-
ropes greatest royal matrimonial
catch, as she will have a throne in
her own right. But-well, if she
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