PRINCESS ASTRID

Feilding Star, Volume 4, Issue 675, 6 January 1926, Page 5

PRINCESS ASTRID

WHICH PRINCE WINS HER SOM E INTERESTING GOSSIP By Telegraph— Press Assn—Copyright (Aust. and N.Z. Cable). (Received January (>. 11 --a.m.) London, January 5. It is learned that the highest social and diplomatic circles are seriously discussing the outcome of the forthcoming visit of Princess A strict',of Sweden, whose name is being increasingly connected with the Prince of Wales. It is believed that Queen Mary, the Government, and the Foreign Office have , been engaged in a discussion on the suitability of the marriage of the Prince of Wales. At a previous mooting he was much attracted by Princess Astrid, whose .stately dignity resembles Queen Mary’s. Official circles would welcome the match, because it would cement, a-n Anglo-Swedisl) friendship.

Nothing, however, has yet been definitely arranged.

Tn other high quarters closely connected with royalty.' there is an opinion that Princess Astrid may possibly marry Prince Henry, which, from the point of view of the Foreign Office, would he equally satisfactory ■ Meanwhile, official circles maintain utmost secrecy concerning the details of the approaching visit.,

Hi s Majesty’s Government would be the last to suggest that the head should rule the heart in the matter of such empire-wide important. But it is further known that their Majes r ties are anxious that the 'Prince of Wales’s marriage should not be unduly postponed. The King’s health, despite his apparent complete recovery 7, is still causing some anxiety, one hmg remaining stubbornly weak. The sudden silence of the London newspapers after the first sensational rumours is highly 7 significant, compared with the feverish eagw.-iess of American correspondents to find the true facts of the position.