PRINCE OF WALES.
WILL HE MARRY THE DAUGHTER. OF A PEER. One can hardly write about- the Prince of Wales at the present moment without referring to the current topic of his Royal Highness’s prospective marriage, states a . London correspondent. Never since the present Kaiser exhibited his feeling of dislike to the late King Edward long before he ascended the throne, has anyone about the Court shown the slightest wish to see any more alliances with a German House. .It must be t-lie hope of everyone that, the war has for ever destroyed all prospects of any member of enr Royal Family, especially any of the King’s sons, marrying a German. There has never been the slightest pi aspect of the Prince of Wales going to the Fatherland for a wife. . It was at one time thought he might marry a member of the House of Savoy, but there, as anywhere else on the Continent, his choice was limited, because of the religions difficulty. The question has been spreading, why should not the Prince of Wales marry a daughter of a peer. Hie day is past when there can be rival claimants for the English throne. Moreover, this country is. becoming more and more democratic, and the popular choice of a future Queen ■would certainly bo directed, to .one of English birth. Now I think it .is not. improbable that such a selection will he made in the present instance. There are several English or Scottish families which can claim . descent, from Royal Blood. The family of th© Duke of Sutherland, for instance, can furnish in Rosemary Millicent a bride of high lineage, dashed with a Royal claim, adady of great popularity among her class, and whose name, to. is just now associated with that of the Royal Highness.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 5003, 18 October 1918, Page 5
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