KING SEEKS BRIDE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIII, Issue 9747, 13 December 1922, Page 8

KING SEEKS BRIDE

“THE LONELIEST MOSARCH.”

YOUNG AMERICAN PREFERRED.

Europe’s '$ loneliest monarch —the ex J Kaiser is out of business—is in search of a wife. King, Boris, of Bulgaria wants to marry a young, beautiful, cultured lady;, and “see here, she must be an. American! Already the announcement has. sent thousands' of eligible young. American heiresses' into a delirium of anticipation, for there are no? ladies who appraise Royal blood so highly as- your out and out Republicans. . „ Young King; Boris is ; setting, about his new enterprise in a thoroughly •business-like way.. He has- appointed his Prime Minister, M. Stambuhnsky, , himself a very engaging personality, to be his matrimonial agent, and: the' Premier is at the moment at Geneva, the hub of the’ diplomatic universe'.. Rumour has done its best to marry off the popular 28-'year-old King;; at least three engagements haver been re*ported, but still the lonely King remains a bachelor. Now the Bulgarians it is believed, have lost-faith in a Royal alliance, and hope that an American queen will he a greater asset to their country than a European kl Jt" was in March, 1916, that Boris, then Heir Apparent, was; reported to be engaged to the German Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, sister-in-law of Prince August Welheinn of Prussia, the Kaiser’s fourth son She was described as one of the wealthiest princesses in Germany. Silence foi five years, and then, m January, 1921,'came a reported engagement, to- Ltn•cess Marie, second daughter of King ’Ferdinand of Roumama 11m Frmicess, however, married King Alexander of Yugo-Slavia m June last year. iThen in August of the same-year; Sofia announced that Bulgarian* j were anxious to see King Boris marry ■and hoped that his bride might bean ; El Again till January - off this, .year and then came another report of -the 1 betrothal of the King, this time to Princess Yolanda of Italy. But. ap parently it was merely a report and now the announcement of a search foi : an American bride tongs Hie romance up to date. When King ! dinand left bis country for bis coun try’s good in 1918, Boris succeeded to■the throne, and at once commenced a new regime which endeared him to h .subjects. His life is as simple anddns. abode as humble as his father’s, had been extravagant, and to a country impoverished and war-worn the change was welcome. From his mother. Princess Marie ’Louise of Bouihon-Paima, he inherits great charm . exp ession is thoughtful, his tall and slim, and his voice low and melodious. The proud and cynical expression of King Ferdinand is entirely absent from his features. He . loves- uiusm and flowers, hut mechanics is his passion and he is a certified enginedriver Once he created a sensation by driving the Orient express on its journey through Bulgaria. No more powerful personality is there in Bulgaria than M. Stamburmsky who has apparently become the manager of romance. A shock ot black hair, a small moustache, and a rugged, powerful face are his outward characteristics. He is the peasan s champion, and he has never un er taken a more popular enterprise than the one on wiich he is at present engaged.