Evening star., 1942-08-28
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mice, pleasant suburban house"
The father, w. S. Morris, Is stationed
at York. He is lieutenant in the
Army Pay Corps. In civilian life he
had been engaged in various business
enterprises, and was at one time
head of an advertising agency.
| In letter which the Earl of
Harewood was reported by the Daily
Mirror to have written to June s
father, the earl was quoted as say
ing:
obviously both you and I agree
that the marriage between your
daughter and my son cannot be
countenanced by us before my son
is 81, i. e., after three years Am
doubtful if it is possible even then"
With its front page story, the
Mirror reproduced a snapshot of
June, smiling, slim, dark girl
wearing print dress with white
collar.
Family Has No Statement.
Neither the Earl of Hardwood nor
Gerald himself could be reached for
comment, but the Earl's secretary
at Hardwood House at Leeds said
"the family has no statement or
comment to make and the family
would be very grateful if no further
publicity be given to the matter"
It was doubtful if more than one
in 100 Britons knew anything about
the matter, since the Mirror was
the only newspaper to print the
story and then only in it's rural edi-
ton. Provincial papers in the vi
cinity of Leeds indicated they would
not print the story.
The Mirrors story as it appeared
in the early edition quoted Miss
Morris as saying it would "be neces-
sary to get the Kings consent, but
If that is not possible we shall have
to wait until after the war and then
get married abroad the same as
the Duke of Windsor did"
Son Of Princess Royal.
Young Lascelles is the son of
Princess Mary, only sister of King
George. She was married Febru-
ary %, 1922, to the Earl of Hare
wood, at that time Viscount Lascel-
les.
June's parents, both Londoners,
were married at a London registry
Office when Mrs. Morris was 18.
Gerald, who was 18 years old only
last Friday, is now working in fac
tory in Northwest England and will
join the army soon. Gerald is
tenth in line for the British throne.
His brother George is ninth.
During the lunch hour in the
factory's canteen, the Daily Mirror
correspondent wrote, Gerald told
him, "Yes, we are engaged all right
as far as we are concerned.
But 1t is not official. Families
can be very difficult.
Wearing Diamond Ring.
Il don't think there will be any
wedding until after the war. am
liable to be called up at any moment
to the army"
June is wearing diamond en-
gagement ring, which the Mirror
said Gerald had given her.
The Mirror quoted her as follows
Lord Hardwood called to see my
people last Saturday. He was
charming to us all but he told my
father we could not be married un-
til we were both of age and then it
could only be considered.
Then he wrote to my father and
pointed out that the engagement
could not be considered as an Official
one.
He said Gerald would be leaving
the district this week end to 20 in
the Army
TT is all very difficult, but Gerald
and are crazy about each other.
Works for So Week.
Five weeks ago Gerald ap-
proachtd my father and asked for
consent to marry me. My father
agreed. Later Gerald proposed.
I'VE would get married tomorrow
if we could get consent all around
We are engaged and we don't care
who knows it. We just want people
to leave us alone"
Gerald, who attended Eton, has
been working nine hours a day TO,
So week at his factory job, ano
he rides to and from his fathers
ancient seat in a local bus. Clad ir
greasy dungarees, he operates ,
turning and cutting machine wher
he is not at the blast furnaces.
He eats at the factory canteen
where he is plain Gerald to hi,