Evening star., 1934-03-11
Britain's Royal Reserves

and leg while fox hunting with one
pack, and had his head cut open by a
kick while with another. He suffered
conclusion when he was thrown while
exercising a horse, and he broke an
| ankle jumping with his cavalry troop.
Made Duke of Gloucester "a 500
year-old peerage held by Richard IT'D
on his 28th birthday anniversary six
years back. his subsidiary titles are
Baron Culloden and Earl Of Ulster
He has not yet provided an heir to
carry on the title. Eight years ago
it was thought that he had found
romance in Scotland. He paid four
visits in short order at the Duke Of
Buccleuch's place and that started
talk that he was about to become en-
gagged to the 20-year-old Lady Mary
Scott, fourth daughter of the duke,
who owns 100000 acres, with a rent
roll of nearly $l,0O0,OO0.
1t seemed an eminently suitable
match. But the duke still remains on
the list of England's most eligible
bachelors.
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In big white stone mansion, at 145
Piccadilly. on the edge of Hyde Park,
stones throw from his fathers pal
ace, lives the one family man among
the Kings sons-the 33-year-
Prince Albert. Duke Of York, Earl of
Inverness and Baron Killarney.
Drew as a Boy.
AS a youngster, York displayed no
particular bent, except perhaps a mo-
mentary flair for craftsmanship. Once
Queen Victoria had returned to the
prime minister Of the day document
which had been sent for her approval.
1t was duly signed. but bore some
| queer hieroglyphics which puzzled the
minister. Business at cabinet meet
ing was held up while the marks were
examined. They bore a distinct re-
semblance to pig with curly tail.
The ministers looked at one an
other. Inconceivable that the old
| Queen, who studied state documents
with such care and gravity. could
have been absent -mindedly drawing
sketches on this one. At last the war
minister recalled that the Queen just
/ then had her grandSon'S second boy
up at the palace. where she main
tanned nursery for Prince Georges
children. Evidently the Queen had
taken the document into the nursery
with other papers to study in the in
tervals of watching the child at play
and infant Albert had left his mark
on the paper.
| He went to naval college, cruised
with the Atlantic fleet, was at the Jut-
land battle, sublieutenant, and won
Admiral Earl Jellicoe's commendation.
But the sea did not agree with him,
and after an operation and a long
bout of ill-health he retired and took
up nominal duties with the air force.
There he learned to fly-the first of
/ the Kings sons to take his pilots
certificate.
/ But although he is linked up with
both the sea and the air fighting serv-
ices. and on ceremonial occasions
wears an air force uniform. he is
known as the industrial duke" and
does his main service in liaison be-
tween the islands industrial life and
the throne. He has visited hundreds
| Of factories, gone down dozens of coal
mines. driven locomotives. spoken at
innumerable workers clubs and well
| fare centers and attended countless
industrial camps. Every year he lives
for some days at the Summer camp
where boys from the upper-class pub
| lie schools and boys from the worker
/ class free state schools eat. sleep. work
and play together in the interests of
class unity.
| He knows how and when to drop
| formality. One memorable instance
was when. at the Guards parade on
swelteriug day, he invited the crowd
to climb the ropes shutting off the
section reserved for royalty and find
seats there.
His preference in sport are lawn