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Show PRINCE OF WALES SLATED TO ! BE BEST MAN AT WEDDING Miss l .dwin shley Britain richest ' jWM 1 and hei 1 1 i -1 i , . f,,. . ivincr tMHWssyll f Louis Mpuntbattcji. A ,!mHr sLJ LONDON, Julj IB. The Prince of W il-s. future rulor of Great Britain, ' I' be best man when England's rlch-est rlch-est bride takes her marriage vow at 81 Margaret's church July 18 unless court rules forbl I 1 The bride IS Miss Kdwlna Ashley. (daughter of Colonel FUfrhl Ashley j member of parliament she Is the heiress of the multimillionaire Sir Ernest Ern-est Cassel. her grandf jth-r, financial adviser to King Edward "n her father s side she claims descent de-scent from from the Indian princess Co, ahontas; on her mother s side from a line of Jewish princes who ruled Israel In Biblical days ; The brldgegroom is Prince Louis Mountbatten. pal of the Prince of u.iks. who acted as aide to the prlnc-on prlnc-on hi.s world tour, Just ended. There isn't much side'' or "swank" about the future princess She'9 just as much of a regular girl as hcrRweet-heart hcrRweet-heart is a regular fellow. The other day as summer cleaning i" rations were in full swing In the vicar-general's register office, a tall graceful young woman stepped in and asked for a license. Snfe explained her future husband was on the high seas and had asked her to get the document. 1 What's your name, miss"" asked thc matter-of-fact clerk "Kdwlna Cynthia Annetto Ashley" That should have meant something In his old life, but it didn t. ' Whom do you wish to marry?" "Lord Louis Mountbatten." This time there was real action U'hfit'n thnt'"' the clerk- ouerled. Shi repeated the name 'What's his full name?" asked the Clerk, still dubious j "Louis Francis Albert Victor Nich-jola Nich-jola Lord Mountbatten,'' the girl re-i re-i piled. She added he was 22. Then sh" made the affidavit, signed the book pai two pounds sterling fee, t;t the license and carried It away Just like M ir Smith or Jenny Brown |