THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY
26,
1947..
Elizabeth Philip
SCRAPBOOK TO CELEBRATE THE ROYAL ENGAGEMENT
Princess was free to choose
TOW free was Elizabeth in law to choose her own husband? Qnly two rules" bound her:
(A) The Royal Marriages Act. passed in 1772 to guard against undesirable matches which might affect the succession, declares that sho must not, while under 25, murry without the consent of the King. (After 25 she could marry whom she liked, after giving a year's notice to the Privy Council, and provided Parliament did not expressly.
···disapprove.) (B) The Act of Settlement of 1701 excludes Crown from the title of the Roman Catholics and those who marry Roman Catholics.
Changing her name WILL the name of the Royal
House change on Elizabeth's marringe? Elizabeth remains a member of the House of Wind- gor, but any children will be of the father's house unless special measures are taken to retain the dynastic nume (as was done in' 1917 when present royal style: Saxe-Coburg-. changed from
Gotha to Windsor),
Philip is of the house of Glucksburg (full ame: Slesvig- Hostein Sonderburg - Glucks- burg). When choosing his name as a British citizen he went to his mother's family:
his father, of the Danish ruling house, has no surname.
Philip's rank
HAT is the precise Con- stitutional status of a Consort? A Queen-Censont is the second personage in the realm, and has precedence over a Queen-Dowager but the hus- band of a reigning Queen has NO rank or place except as is specially accorded to him by the Sovereign
.....
The problem arose at the marriage of Victoria Albert's father not being a
The young man ought to have not merely great ability, but a right ambillon, and great force of will as well. To pursue tor. A fifetime a political career so arduous. demands also that carmest frame of mind which is randy of its own accord to sacrifice more placsure to real usefulness
#tha is not satisfied with the consciousness of having, schlovad ono al the most influential positions in Europe, how often will he fool tempted to repent his adventure!
Il he does not from the very outset accopt. it as a vocation of grave responsibility'. there is small likelihoad of his succeeding.
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-Baron Stockntar to King, Leopold, of the Belgtanın, discussing the projected "marriage of Prince Albert to Queen Victoria.
When Quoon Victoria Proposed-she chooses
Albert in preferance to his brother Ernost, drawing by beat Shepherd from Laurenca Housman's "Victoria" Regina" (Jonathan Cape)
THE FIRST HOME OF THEIR OWN ̈
SUNNINGHILL PARK, the 25-room mansion adjoining Windsor Great Park, wit be the newly wed. Prin- coss's first country hems of her own. Although it will not, be ready in time for the wedding, and the couple will live at Buckingham Palace for a while, the Princess and Philip* will supervise redecoration. Recently used as a military headquarters, the house was bought for the Princess from the estate of the late Mr Philip Hill. He bought it before the war for £150,000, and spent £100,000 on Improvements. Charlegt. once used the house--which stands in 770 acres of Its own grounds-as his ohooing box.
Approval
WHAT say have the people
-of-Britain-in-approving-a | future Prince Consort? By w the King alone can perm her marriage. As he is a Con-
monarch he was only a "High- stitutional monarch, he would ness,"
aifd would, therefore, consult the Prime Minister and
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QUOTES
SHE
They met when she was four
"W
HO' will the Princess marry 7" first appear- ed as a headline when Elizabeth was only four years. old. She had already mot Prince Philip.
He was the nine-year-old, fair- haired nephew of Lord Louis Mount- batten who played host at the child- ren's parties in the Mountbatten home at Brook House, Parklane. As the Princess grew up she found him polite, but not especially friendly. He
vas more interested in chips.
Ho told her: "I'm going to be naval officer like my Uncle Dickie. This was the family name for Lord Louis. The two children met fre- quently up till 1939.
Shared interests
When war came Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip' were writing cach other three lollers a week. They shared a love of music, dancing, sketching, ballet and outdoor sports. When Midshipman Prince Philip came liome on shore leaves he was invited
spend all his time at Wind-
Cr Castle.
Princess
Margaret teased her Alster, and Princess Elizabeth did not mind the tensing.
Regularly, at wedding receptions, parties, informal royal engagements, "Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten" was, in the lists of guests.
Shared outings
The news-reels, showed him help- ing Princess Elizabeth, off with her Luật outside the church
at the
of
wedding Lord Mountbatten's hier to Lord Brabourne in 1946. This time u forthcoming engage- had been rumoured for some
Since
then we young couple ave been seen together at the war ny, "The Hosty Heart," in the west End; at the family luncheon to mark Queen Mary's 80th birth- day; und last month they were at Ascot. They were both at Bucking-
am Palace.
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own personal code number (known only to her friends) on the Palace Ewitchboard.....
SHE is 21, 5ft, 4, install, Buckingham Palace. She has her
brown-haired, blue-eyed, fresh complexioned. She uses powder, lipstick, but no nail varnish. She does not pluck her ing. She receives about 30 fetters SHE gets up at 7.45 each morn- eyebrows. Her birthday is April day. In July 1944 she came of 21. She lives at Buckingham age at 18 and was appointed a THE ENGLISH are very jenious Palace, at Windsor Castle, at member of the Council of State...
of any foreigner interfering in Balmoral, but her early child""
SHE likes to read Somerset the government of this country, and have already in some of the papers hood was divided between Maughan), E. M. Forster, John expressed a hope that you would Glamis Castle, her mother's an- Steinbeck, J. B. Priestley, Ernest noi Interfere.
A. Conan Doyle, Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, cestral home, the Strathmores' Hemingway,
exander Woolcott, P.,G. Wode- before their marriage.
house at Walden Bury, Herts,
use and H. G. Wells For bed- she chooses Agatha
have had to follow the whole of other leading Ministers. So, in HE QUEEN wrote to all her until her parents took over 145, me reading
the English. Roval Family (who fact, the people's will would be were Royal Highnesses) at any eeremcay. To prevent his be consulted, though the people
•ing separated from his wife by must rely on the Prime Minister any number of other people, Acurately and properly repres Victoria had specifically to senting their feeling, create him a Royal Highness. (London Gazette June 25, 1867.)
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In Greece
Empire view
HAT about the rest of the Empire? Technical ap-
Piccadilly..
family and announced her mar- riage to them. When she saw the Duchess of Gloucester in town and told her she was to make her de-
SHE never went to school.. claration the next day, the Duchess She stayed at home with her asked her if it was not a nervous governess, Miss Marion Craw- thing to do. "She said: "Yes, but I did a much ford. "Until 1945 she'd never more nervous thing a little while been in a tube, ridden on a bus, ago (Oct. 15, 1939).
visited a cinema....... What was that?'
SHE sees
7HAT is Philip's position proval is also required from the her husband should entirely sink)
now via-a-vis succession
to the Greek throne? None; Governments of the Dominions
he automatically rencunced it over, which Elizabeth will
on acquiring Eritish citizenship. day be Queon.
Candidus"
ono
a' film a week
(her
"I proposed to Prince Albert." -Greville Diary, Nov. 20, 1830.
HILST a female Sovereign has favourite stars are Gary Cooper and agreat many disadvantages.... Pavid Niven)...................
his own individual existence in that
SHE IS called Lilybet by her of his wife; that he should aim at ¦ family, a corruption of Elizabeth and no power by himself or for him-u holdover from her childhood. In ----Leiter of late Prince Consort. her schooldays she disliked goo
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DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR —— 1947
'Baby Gee Box"
year.
will mean safe flying
graphy. She had her first plano lesson in 1930-then three a week. Her old raise mistress, Miss 'Mabel Lander, still goes to the Palace, where Elizabeth has two
"Baby" radar sets for British planos, once a week. She likes to "Sentimental Journey and Jean air liners are likely to be in pro- play Schumann's
Merry Sablon's swing arrangement of "Surduction before the end of the HERE is no doubt that. in, not conflicting with the privi and there is no doubt that theyPeasant," Beethoven's Fit
and le Pont d'Avignon." some respects, Hongkong leges accorded to a monopoly. would have been well patronised Chopin's Funeral Masch..... suffers through the mono- The Mawan Beach is a case and in every
SHE once taught General Elsen- way desirable. SHE was called to register at hower the Highland Fing. She polistic system under which in point. Private enterprise Unfortunately, the authorities Windsor Labour. Exchange when learned. 10
danco when she Final trials of the miniaturized certain essential services are is prepared to develop a had no option but to turn down; she was 10. In March, 1045 she was
was Ave. When she makes a sud- version of the "Gee, Box," ́a devica operated. When conducted with much desired resort and to pro- the proposal because of the gazetted onorary second subditer night club or restaurant,
den dash home to the Palace from initiative as the gulding force, vide the necessary transporta monopoly granted for the run-in the A.TS. She had already in her party there, she has been knows precise position whatever the whidy enable, a pilot to know his leaving monopolies can bo beneficial. tion by road and sen. Always ning of buses along the pre-1943 been appointed Colonel of the to rejoin her friends half an hour weather, are being made by British They do, however, tend to stifle assuming that the sponsors of acribed and thickly-populated Grenadier Guards..... ... later when she hopes the press European Airways, private enterprise. There have the scheme comply with the routes. This is not as it should been recent enterprising pro- regulations applying to the be. Grant rights by all meansments--bedroom, dressing-room and
SHE has her own private apart photographers will have left..... posals, calculated to render ser transportation business, and for major undertakings, but nothing-rom-on the second floor of land's saventh full queen, vice to the public, which have ensure the safety of thoir pas so all-embracing been turned down because their songers, it does appear to be competitive enterprise should be operation would infringe the unfortunate that the public unable to operate. rigita granted to public com should be deprived of a valuable. Falling this all new ventures, it panies.
service. The difference such a decided to be desirable, (und the two I mention certainly ́ard)' could be
that non-
SHE will be Elizabeth 11, Eng-
Elizabeth's £15,000 will be increased.
BEA's Vikings use "Gee. Boxes" already, but in the same form an RAF bombers. This set welgha. 301b., but the "baby" model will weigh only 251b.
200 acts orderad
service would make to the offered to the monopolies, Falling company granted a monopoly acceptance, then there could be no
"Two hundred of thess miniature THE sanctity of a contract, would be infinitesimal. On the logical frenon lowe other people
must, of course, be upheld, other hand, the public are de should not be allowed to carry out PARLIAMENT will have to pass of £50,000 a year; he was allowed.nets have been ordered by us for and the companies concerned are prived of an economical and any schemes likely to benefit the legislation fixing a new allowance only £30,000. It will be necessary, installation in new type airplanes for the. Princess on her murringe. for Parliament to pass a Bill touch on the Vickery Viceroy and the well within their rights in pro- comfortable means of travel-
community...
Miles Marathon," a BEA official told The last provision made for her determine an allowance for Philip. testing against any infringe-Ing. Can een kl
Iwnk ten years ago! she was allotted
mn, to-day. ment. At the same time, It Another suggestion was that WHEN existing franchises come up 20,000 a year unill she became 21. for renewal, It surely would be Princess Elizabeth's income at pre-
The jet-propelled Viceroy - is the does appear that provisos specially-built British busca advimble, In the interest of en-pent is £15,000 a year. On her Becoming a British citizen cost airplane which will uit'malalyirepideé | might well bo incorporated in should be placed on a "round-couraging progress and assisting in marring this will be substantially Philip exactly £10: 2, Udabout the Vikings on the European rou the terms and conditions, when the Colony" sightseeing service, the modernisation of the Colony, to increased
one week of hla" pay,aï, a nával granting a franchise, whereby They were to conform to the position to exclude from opera-Parlament on the file of her taking an oath of allegiance 1. to
ensure that no monopoly should be Queen Victoria came up against lieutenant. The --28. Od; was other rights could be granted most modern standards incor- on pervices which they memselves husband's donaces; the wished him King George VI his heirs and have 30, will probably go-an-the for any associated enterprise, porating comfort and safety, are not willing to provide...
to have a settlement. from the nation successors,
His oath
for
Marathons, of which DEA
internal airways of Britain."
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