The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-16
Bachelor
King NO7O
Seems Sure
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Writer

OF three very pretty girls-Princess
Ingrid of Sweden, Lady May Cam
bridge and Lady Anne Wellesley
at various parties and social func-
tons at which another guest has
been the prince of Wales, has once
more set the society gossip of Lon
don buzzing about a possible future
queen of England.
But, somehow this leaves the
average Briton stone-cold. If you
asked him, he would be three to
one that there is nothing in it. He
is blaSe on the subject. He has seen
the prince of Wales engaged" by
gossip to some dozen pretty girls
And in each and every case the
young woman has married some
body else.
So the conviction Is gradually
growing in the British mind that
the dearest wish of Queen Mary's
heart Is not to be granted, viz, that
the prince shall marry and settle
down and found a family of his
own.
The British public believes that
the prince has definitely decided to
remain bachelor.
After all, despite his youthful
looks, energy and charm, he is no
longer a youngster. The other day
he celebrated without any ostenta-
ton his 9th birthday.
He has, therefore, already passed
the halfway milestone in the al
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He is in the summer of his life, but
he is facing the slope that leads to
autumn.
Keeps Bachelor Hall
There is no indication in st.
James palace that the prince is
thinking of giving up bachelorhood.
He still sleeps in his severe, almost |
monk-like bedroom.
He still shows no inclination to
occupy the bigger Marlborough
house which vas for so long the
residence of the late Dowager Queen !
Alexandria, his grandmother.
If he has given up the dangerous
sport Of riding to hounds, he still |
goes in for his flying. his golf, his
tennis, and he still holds himself |
ready at a minutes notice to go
anywhere in the world to do job of |
Selling" the empire to foreign ma
tions.
Cambridge Rumor Denied
The rumor that he would soon
announce his engagement to Lady
Mary Cambridge was promptly de- |
MED here. It hardly needed any
denial Lady Mary is his own first !
cousin, her father, the earl of |
Athlone, being Queen Mary'S
brother.
The present royal family has
shown a disposition to break away
from old ways and not marry into
royalty, because blood ties are so
close.
The duke of York and his sis
ter, Princess Mary, both married |
outside royalty and the weddings |
proved enormous hits with the
British public.
The average Briton was tickled to |
see fresh blood in the royal family, |
especially If it was good British !
blood
Ideal Match" Missed Fire
At one time all the goSsips had
the prince engaged to Lady Anne
Wellesley, the exceedingly beauti-
full granddaughter of the duke of |
Wellington. She was seen at all
big parties.
Then suddenly she was stricken
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was whispered the engagement |
would be announced when she was
fully recovered. But Lady Anne is
now once more at every big dance !
and no announcement of an en-
gagement has been forthcoming.
From the standpoint of the !
would-be matchmakers, such an en-
gagement would have been ideal,
for Lady Anne is a direct descendant |
Of the great Duke of Wellington,
who beat Napoleon at Waterloo and
proved himself one of the greatest
military commanders of all time.
Such an engagement as that be-
tween the Prince and Lady Anne
would have fired the imagination of
the British public.
Princess Name Mentioned
But that story died down and
faded away and then Princess In
grid of Sweden, another beauty,
was touted as the girl who had won
the difficult heart of the prince.
She and the prince are blood kin,
but not so close as to matter. Her
grandfather, the duke of Con-
naught, was a brother of the late
King Edward VII and, therefore,
uncle of the present king.
For the last several years she
has come to London regularly on
visits to her grandfather. She is
in London now. Hence all eyes are
on her. Hence also she is going
about very quietly.
Getting Reconciled
She and the royal family know
that if she attends too many social
affairs where the prince is also,
the gosSips will at once take two
and two and make five out of it.
In the meantime, when any pa
pers publish rumorS of an engage
ment of the prince, an announce
ment promptly comes from Buck
ingham palace, denying the asSer-
tidn and deprecating such state
ments as only causing annoyance
and embarrassment" And British
opinion is gradually accustoming it
self to the possibility of bachelor