Show Scratch Th Their ir Heads To Keep Straight on Royalty By MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Writer LONDON APRIL 5 Princess Mary only daughter of or the king and queen of England is going about the country these days in disguise as it were Oh she is not wearing a false nose or dressing up as a charwoman or anything of that sort sorL Her disguise disguise dis dis- dis guise guse is her new name and title Mary has disappeared entirely since her royal father conferred upon her herthe herthe herthe the title of ot princess royaL rojaL Britons have not yet become used to it so when they see that the princess princess prin prin- cess royal Is to open a bazaar or inspect in a hospital they scratch their heads Many of them vaguely recollect recollect lect that a princess royal died not so long ago After Arter a while they will get Jet getas getas as used to the new z title as was the case when the kings king's second son became became became be be- came the Duke of York CHANGED NAME FOUR TIMES This makes the fourth time in her 35 years of ot existence that th the kings king's daU daughter has borne bome a different name Born a princess she was christened Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary and andas as a haired fair-haired child the only girl in her fathers father's family became popular as Princess Mary On February 28 23 1922 she married Viscount Lascelles Her lIer title was then officially fixed as Princess Mary Las Las- celles By the death of his father a year or so a ago o Lord Lascelles became the Earl of ot Harewood From now on she will be Y known own simply as the Princess Princess Prin Prin- cess RoyaL No longer will her Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian name nor the title of or her husband be Ibe trailed along Outside of the queen herself Princess Prin cess Royal Roal is the highest title a woman woman wooman wo woo man can bear in Britain For the past years rears it has been con conferred erred upon the eldest daughter of the sovereign Old King George II a German prince from Hanover became became became be be- came king of or England in November 1726 and on the following 30 1727 by royal warrant conferred armorial bearings on our eldest daughter the Princess Royal Anne PRINCESS LOUISE HELD TITLE After King Edward VII came to the throne he conferred the title in 1905 upon his eldest daughter Princess Prin cess Louise Louse Duch Duchess ss of Fife As she lived for tor a long lonc time after King KinS Georges George's only daughter was born Princess Mary had to do without the title The death of Princess Louise on January 4 of or last year cleared the way for naming Princess s Mary as Princess Royal The new Princess Royal has not been as much in the public eye since she she- married as before She still retains retains retains re re- re- re her interest in the Girl Guides and in various charitable undertakings undertakings ings but devotes a great deal of timeto time time- to her own homes She and Lord Harewood have two children Lord Lascelles 9 and Hon Gerald Las Las- celles 7 After Alter the death of her fa law ther-in-law she and her husband not only maintained his splendid country residences but when hen in London kept up a big town house Chesterfield 1 House in the swell Mayfair l district Recently however it was announced that owing to hard times and high taxation they were giving up this place NEW TOWN HOUSE DOUSE It was then that a little mystery was solved About half hall a year ear ago Queen Mary bought a rather simple three-story three brick house at 32 Green Greenstreet Greenstreet Greenstreet street right off oU Park Lane There was much speculation at the time as asto asto asto to what was the purpose It was rumored rumored ru mored that the queen was going coing to give sive it to her third son the Duke of Gloucester for a bachelor town home However the other day it was announced announced an an- that the Princess Royal and her tier family were to occupy it when in town One of ot the economical advantages of the Green street place is that it will not require for its upkeep one one- quarter of the staff required to run Chesterfield House And it Is just a short auto ride from there to Buckingham Buck Buck- ingham palace where the Princess Royal can run in at meal times to be with her mother the queen There has lias always alwa's been an especially strong attachment between the two It will be noted that in all alI the two centuries Princess Mary and her aunt the late Princess Louise are arc the only Princesses Royal who did not marry royalty |