| Show daughter of york third in line for throne new york will the prince of wales the prince of youth as ai the world halls balls him be En ED glands first bachelor king in nearly two centuries that Is the query which runs through the thes British empire as apprehension grows about the state ot of health 0 of king george V for fourteen years the world has been romantically speculating as to the princes choice for or a compa companion lillOn on the throne which must inevitably be his 1 if he outlives his father many eligible princesses have visited england and left just as eligible as they came the prince has squired squared them danced with them and been charming to them as lie he Is to all ladles ladies of all ages of all degrees but as a wife he would have none of them it Is one of the puzzles of the world ns as to why the prince nearing forty has side stepped bell book and candle he will never wed england has come to believe that the prince of youth has become a convinced and convicted bachelor and to have privately made up his mind to go it alone and mount the throne the first unmarried king since george III was crowned in 1700 the prince has never been the same since the well nigh fatal illness of his father a several veral years ago there seems little doubt that he planned at one time to abdicate his right to succession sion to retire to his ranch in canada but the indications now such as they are would seem to point to the fact that he intends to carry on to go through with ith it to mount the throne probably as edward VIII but mind you as a bachelor such being the case who Is next in line none other if you please than the worlds most famous baby girl who leached beached on friday april 21 1033 the advanced age of seven iier her birthdays the birthdays of little mary elizabeth oldest child of the duke of york and as such heir presumptive to the british throne take an increasing importance now that the bachelorhood of the prince of wales seems to be a settled fact halt half a century from now it is extremely probable that this little child of seven will be wearing the crown of william the conqueror she Is the blueeyes blue eyed golden haired granddaughter of george V and mary his queen and today stands third in succession after the prince of wales and her father to the rule of the greatest empire since the rome home of augustus caesar carefully trained from the moment of her bar birth th princess elizabeth has been wrapped about with the love of parents and devoted grandparents of cousins and uncles and friends she has been the object of admiring affect affection lon from thousands in a england and beyond the seas who have never seen her even the worlds best known little girl Is being brought up as simply as her po position s will permit |
