The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-15

II kIlo Wdo hb CApCSteds Acs ~ ~@e.S7 ed some gossip that the queen moved from the palace in protest against the kings friendship will Il Mrs. Simpson. There seemed abso- lutely no basis for this gossip. | It is even possible that Ameri. can newspaper readers know more l about the kings companionshiF with Mrs. Simpson than the queer does. Little is published in London about it and she is hardly the worn- I an to encourage inquiries about hel family from other people.
 Now King Edward is officially 1T residence at Buckingham palace Mrs. Simpson Is in residence at II Cumberland terrace, in a new hom' beautifully decorated. Simpson Is II residence at the Guards club. l Future of King
 New York, Oct. 15-(UP)-The filing of a divorce suit by one w Simpson" against one "E. Simpson in the Assize court at Ipswich, Eng land, where MT. Pickwick had his adventure with lady in yellow curl papers 8 century ago, caused discussion in this country today o1 King Edwards future.
 England's one-tilne prince charm. ing is a monarch of 42, a bachelor His heir is his brother, the Duke of York. The second heir is Prin- cess Elizabeth, the Dukes F year old daughter. His younger daugh. ter, Princess Margaret Rose, is G. and Britons question whether the Duchess will have another child who, if a son, would ensure the male succession.
 Questions That Arise Bluntly these questions arise: I What will be Mrs. Simpsons status in England assuming that hel close friendship with the king con- tinues?
 2-Will King Edward ever con- tract 8 royal marriage which would provide a direct heir for the throne? ,l 3-If he does not contract royal marriage, is there to be another Queen Elizabeth, the self-conf1dent little maiden now who looks like Queen Mary?
 Then there arises question that is fairly new one, for until the last few months when King Ed wards friendship for Mrs. Simpson became generally public the king was known rather for the number of his friends than for friendship II with one woman:
 Il Is there a chance of a non-royal marriage in the Grakt Britain of these days?
 Old Days May Return
 There was a day when England's kings did exactly as they liked and even beheaded 8 wife whom they found inconvenient. But that was long, long ago. CompanionshipS be- tween kings and beautiful women were the rule. King Charles II es- tablished a tabloid peerage by granting titles to his sons by Nell Gwynn and others.
 AS late as the time of King George W the insistence of monarchs on leading their own lives brought into the British royal family the mor- ganatic marriage.
 | At q, in 1783, the first gentle man of Europe" then Prince of ,l Wales, fell deeply in love with Mrs Mary Anne Fitzherbert, six years his senior. Not only was she com moner, granddaughter of baronet but she was at Roman Catholic and 1 therefore doubly ineligible to be wife of future king. Her second husband died couple of years before George fell in love with her.
 Married Secretly
 December IS, 1785, George and Mrs. Fitzherbert were married se- cretly by 8 church of England clergyman. Everybody was pledged to secrecy because by strict inter- pretation of law the marriage might have barred George from succession to the throne. Attempts were made to deny the marriage; George broke with Mrs. Fitzherbert in 1794 when l he contracted new love; he re- newed it in 1900 and broke 1t again, finally, later for another new love.
 There was considerable sympathy with Mrs. Fitzherpert and she was honored in her retirement at Brighton. She died in 1873. King I William W, who succeed George, offered to make her a duchess; she declined the honor but did accept permission for her servants to wear royal livery.
 | It was not until 1905 that a sealed package, deposited in 1885 at a Lon- don bank, was opened by permis- sion of King Edward VII and dis closed the certificate and other proofs of the marriage of George and Mrs. Fitzherbert.
 Non-R0yal Marriage
 Even later, there was a non-royal marriage in the little royal group about the throne. The blunt Duke of Cumberland, grandson of George III, who was born in 1919 and died only in 1904, married Louisa Fair brother. She took the name of Fitz- George. She died in 1890. This duke was for many years commander in chief of the British army and he was soldier of the old school who cared little about what people thought of him.
 The dukes step outside the circle of royalty was shocking in the strait laced times that existed, officially, all during the long reign of Queen Victoria. Her devotion to Albert, her German prince consort, was @ model to all England.
 | Marriage Ridiculous
 London, Oct. 15-(UP)-Sources close to Mrs. Wallis Simpson said today that any suggestion that King Edward might marry her after her expected divorce from Ernest Simp-