ENGAGEMENT OF PRINCE

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21258, 1 September 1934, Page 13

ENGAGEMENT OF PRINCE

COUPLE TO FLY TO ! LONDON | HOLIDAY IX JUGOSLAVIA j (CKITEU rRISS ASSOCUTIOK —UV ELI'.TBIC . TELEGRAPH—cui'YUlUll'i'.i ! (Received August 31, 5.5 p.m.) j LONDON, August 30. ! The Bled correspondent of Hie j "Daily Telegraph" says Prince- j George declared this afternoon that j he intended to fly to London nexl j week with Princess Marina and j present her to the King and Queen j at Balmoral. ■ j During luncheon at Prince Paul's j t villa a Slovene girl, in picturesque j ( national costume, presented Prince ;t George and Princess Marina with \ a dish of the Jugoslav national 1 sweet, dulcasa. saying: "May your love continue throughout life as ! sweet as this dulcasa." |, The post office at Bled has been ( overwhelmed with congratulatory < telegrams, and eight extra officiate 1 were brought in to meet the cmer- • gency. The Prince this afternoon rowed Princess Marina to a romantic island in the centre of Lake Bled. Here, hand-in-hand, they mounted the 160 steps leading to an ancient chapel, and the Princess tolled the famous wishing bell, which is reputed to make every wish while the bell is tolled come true. I The Prince is proving himself a good sportsman. Already he lias shot three chamois. Princess Marina accompanied him, but she does J not shoot. It is understood that Princess Marina's talents are pronouncedly feminine. She has a light hand for : pastry, can make beds, play the piano, and paint. Moreover, she makes her own frocks. The income of Prince Nicolas, her father, since he left Greece, has been mainly from the sale of his mother's jewels. So far the only difference of opinion between Prince George and Princess Marina is that he smokes American cigarettes and she prefers the Jugoslav brand. In a message from Lake Bled, where Prince George and Princess Marina are the guests of Prince and Princess Paul of Jugoslavia, Major H. W. Butler, Prince George's equerry, revealed that the engagement was arranged five days after Prince George's arrival in Jugoslavia, though the Prince had no intention of marrying when he left England. The Prince announced the news at a family gathering when the party was on the point of going to Salzburg. They kept it secret until it was announced in London in a Court circular. i INTERVIEW WITH FATHER] OF PRINCESS | (Received August 31, 9.50 p.m.) LONDON, August 30. Prince Nicolas (father of Princess Marina), in an exclusive interview with the "Daily Mail" by telephone, said: "The young couple are ideally happy, and have expressed a wish "to marry as soon as possible. I myself love England passionately. When our child is there it will be like returning to the happy days - I used to spend when I visited my f beloved Aunt Alexandra and the de- , hghtful English people. I want to thank the people of the British Empire for the way they have received i the engagement."

ANOTHER ROYAL ENGAGEMENT i PRINCESS JULIANA OF HOLLAND LONDON, August 30. It is understood that Princess Juliana of Holland is betrothed to Prince Bertil of Sweden. I Princess Juliana, the only child of Queen Wilhclmina and the late Prince Henry of Mecklenburg, is heiress to the throne of Holland. She was born on April 30, !;)<)!). Prince Bertil is the inird son of Crown Prince Gustat' Adolf of Sweden and the late Princess Margaret Victoria, lie was born on February 23, 1912.!