Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-12-12 | Page 20 | Royal Marriages Hold Interest of Europe

ROYAL MARRIAGES MARRIAGES' HOLD INTEREST O EUROPE 1 Regardless of VI War ar Aspirations AsPirations Aspirations in Matrimony of Princes Princes' Considered LONDON Dec Speculation 11 11 as asto asto I to the royal marriages marriages al always s alively alively a a- lively topic of gossip has been increased increased in- in cr creased ased since the war began t for r the field of possibilities so far as the royal royal royal roy roy- al houses of Great Britain Britain and Russia Rus Bus r sia sla are concerned has been narrowed by the war Thoughts of ot ma marriage ri se between the princes or the princess in Buckingham palace with any anybody ody of associations are now out of the question Meanwhile the prince of Wales is in his twenty sec ond and year jear his brother Albert will be 20 on December 14 and the Princess Victoria passed her eighteenth birth day in April last The three younger brothers range from 15 5 to 10 years of age so their brides need n not t c cause use their royal parents any concern y yet t awhile The choice of the next queen of Great Britain is is' of such importance that even the great war cannot obscure obscure obscure ob- ob the popular interest In these these- lection of a a. wife for tor the prince of Wales Vales and It is r retailed recalled that while he is 22 now no his father was married to the princess of Teck when he was 28 years y ars old and his grandfather gra mar married married married mar mar- ried Queen Alexandra he was vas not as' as old as the prince is now The exceptionally late age at which King George was married may in m par part ha have been due to the fact that the heir to the throne the the duke or Clarence did not die till 1892 and his brother the I present king was married the next j year 1 That there are five boys in the royal royal roy roy- a al here Is a fact that widens the field of speculation A weekly paper paper paper pa pa- I per in Its last issue for fot example published published pub pub- j the portraits of of me two beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- Rumanian princesses s with the hint that they might later be better better bet bet- ter known in Britain n. n safe and In- In indefinite definite suggestion In to n th the circum circum- stances Similarly it is equally vague to tomake tomake make malte suggestions r regard Jard to the large family Jn Jp but all nil the gossip selects no io 10 mate male either for tor the prince of ot Wares Wales or Princess Mary The cleverness or the Hohen- Hohen in placing their children In Inso inso In Inso so many of the royal families of Europe Eu- Eu rope lope has been the of many articles In the British press during during- the war and it has been pointed out how this has affected the diplomatic situation in Holland Sweden Bulgaria BUI- BUI garia an and Greece Meanwhile there has has been no wedding In the imme Imme- immediate dl diate te famil since the royal roal family kings king's sister Maud married King Haakon VII of Norway in 1896