Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

w up has been blown sky high by an
Allied bomb dropped recently on Berlin.
The unwilling recipient of the high ex-
plosive was Daisy. Princess of Pless,
whose once lovely body was picked :
out Of the ruins Of the German city -
shortly after the Raj departed
Her death brings TO close a com
\plicated family set-up that not even
IGermanys wisest lawyers. doctors
and churchmen could straighten NJ
out II looks now as though the
problems which persistently grew
out Of it will never be settled
II began in the gay days just be-
fore the close of Queen Vctoria's reign in
England. Prince Henry Of Pess worth S40-
600 600 and owner Of a 6O0-room castle and
huge estates. came TO London on a diplomatic
crrand for the Kaiser.
He was royalty entertained by the fun
loving Prince Of Wales. who later became
King Edward VII Among the future Kings
very good friends WAS an impoverished society
leader Mrs. Cornwallfs-West who had only
two treasures 10 boast about: her daughters,
Daisy and Constance.
The sisters. though young were already
noted as beauties and being acquainted with
the Prince OF Wales hopefully looked TO him
TO arrange worthwhile marriages
strange that in a rather short time the Prince
OF Pless became engaged 10 Daisy, the elder
OF the Cornwallis-West sisters
The wedding was celebrated with the pomp
worthy OF great prince great fortune and
a great beauty. Not for twenty years did
anyone suspect that there had been anything
peculiar about the match or that the fairy
tale Prince and his Cinderella bride were not
living happily ever after.
Then Games rumors and finally after the
last war the Prince asked for an annulment
In spite Of the births of three sons the Prince
testified that IL was a loveIess marriage from
the start
The Roman Rota which was trying the
case had heard many such pleas before. but
they, and the rest Of fashionable Europe, were
.thunderstruck when the Prince explained how
he had wooed and won Daisy
When he had first met her her beauty and
charm convinced him she would make aneex-
cellent wife and mother.
Did Daisy respond?
No Daisy was as cool 20 the wealthy and
handsome Prince as the proverbal cucumber.
In despair, the lovesick young man went 10
Daisys mother and complained. admitting that
the chief obstacle seemed 10 be Daisys affec-
ton for a young Englishman. Lord Kenyon.
T Win remove that stumbling block"
promised Mrs Cornwallis-West and did so by
making the young Lord fall an foye Md ;sA
self = Daisy. was crushed. but even so the
Prince seemed TO her undesirable. even on the
rebound
Again he was about to give up and go home
when Mrs Cornwallis-West said:
Nonsense! You don't understand English
girls. You are so cold and formal that she
doesn't think you love her. I'll bet you did
not kiss her goodnight"
The Prince admitted this
you go right back and do it now"
But / think she has gone TO bed" the
Prince objected
Suppose she has" said Daisys mother
you 20 right into her room, kiss her tell
her you love her and maybe she will begin 20
believe you mean It,"
The Prince told the Rota that every instinct
and past experience told him this advice was
all wrong and yet an English mother must
surely know her own daughter
With much trcpdation he allowed himself
10 be led to Daisys boudoir. Then the door
behind him was closed and securely locked
The Prince said his worst forebodngs were
fulfilled
From the bedroom, Daisy shrieked
Finally, the embarrassed man found an
Aother door out OF which he stumbled TO face
N crowd OF servants and guests who had
assembled as If by magic.
The Prince was sure his romance was done
for but imagine his surprise when, next morn
ing, he read in the papers the notice Of his
engagement 10 Miss Cornwallis-West.
Mrs Cornwallis-West declared that His
Hghness had compromised Daisy and that
they would have to marry. The Prince pro-
tested and Daisys mother produced a pistol
declaring she would avenEe the girls honor
with her own hand If he did not do the right