Number of Unmarried Princesses Causes
Alarm Among Royal Family Matchmakers
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON
Br ROBERT MUSEL
United ?im Int.m.tion.l
London -(UPB- Uneasy lies
the head that wears a crown-
especially when the Royal
Palace is overstocked with
unmarried princesses.
For the simple fact agitat
ing the family councils of the
kings and queens of Europe is
that there are not enough roy
al princes to go around.
There as 26 unmarried prin
cesses and only 16 princes.
Even if some royal matchmak
er succeeds in pairing! them
off-as some are trying to do-
there would still be 10 prin
cesses for whom the choice
would be a kind heart rather
than a coronet.
This is the sort of arithme
tic worrying Queen Juliana of
the Netherlands (four unmar
ried daughters). King Gustav
VI Adolf of Sweden (three un
married granddaughters), King
Frederik of Denmark (three
unmarried daughters), King
Paul of Greece (one unmar
ried daughter) and the pre
tenders of France, Italy and
Spain (six unmarried daugh
ters). British Lead Way
In fairy tales the commoner
may yearn in vain for the un
attainable princess. In real
life the commoner never had
it so good, a possibility that
does not alarm European roy
alty as much these days as it
did before the haughty British
royal family itself acquired
a relative named Jones.
That is, if the commoner is
able to keep his royal bride
in the style to which she is ac-customed-a
cozy little palace
or two, for example.
But since royalty prefers to
mate with royalty the recent
engagement of Crown Prince
Constantine of Greece-one of
the two most eligible royal
figures in Europe-to pretty
16- year-old Princess Anne
Marie of Denmark, caused as
much gloom in some quarters
as it did gaiety in Copenha
gen. Now if the parents of eligi
ble princesses are hoping for
a throne, there are only Crown
Prince Harald of Norway and
17- year-old Crown Prince Carl
Gustav of Sweden-until 14-
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year-old Prince Charles of
Britain arrives at man's es
tate. And Prince Harald is
alarming the royal matchmak
ers with his attentions to a
lovely commoner, Sonja Har-
aldsen.
Matchmaking Open
The engagement of Con
stantine to Anne-Marie is a
prime example of the royal
matchmaking that goes on
openly-not to say brazenly-in
postwar Europe.
Queen Frederika of Greece
organized a Mediterranean
cruise for royalty which
eventually led to the marriage
of her daughter, Princess
Sophie, to Prince Juan Carlos
who may some day sit on the
throne of Spain.
Queen Juliana of Holland
invited all the eligible young
men around to a ball in honor
of Crown Princess Beatrix.
25. King Baudouin of Belgium
summoned the unmarried
princesses of Europe to a ball
in Brussels-though he later
took as his queen a Spanish
commoner, Fabiola.
And Constantine and Anne
Marie met at the widely pub
licized "princesses ball" which
the hopeful Danish royal fam
ily staged at its residence in
Copenhagen, Amal ie n b o r g
Castle. Constantine, 22, invit
ed Anne-Marie-she was then
15-to waltz.
Their hearts were still beat
ing in three-quarter time
when they waltzed again
some months later at the wed
ding in Athens last May of
Princess Sophie and Juan Car
los. When Constantine kissed
her goodbye as she left Alh-
Amsterdam. Holland-The Dutch Royal family is shown
in an official portrait taken April. 1962 on the silver anniver
sary of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Shown are,
left to right, sealed. Princess Margriet. Queen Juliana, Prince
Bernhard and Princess Marijke. In the back row are Prin
cess Irene, left: and Princess Beatrix.
ens for home this was taken
as sealing the romance.
Any commoner with royal
pretensions should remember
that a kiss in public is as good
as an engagement ring.
Lists Scanned
Though the barriers against
m a r r yi n g commoners are
breaking down, as they must
if there is not to be a record
crop of royal spinsters, two
European princesses will cer
tainly marry into royal houses
and the slender list of eligi
bles is being anxiously
scanned by their parents.
Crown Princess Beatrix of
the Netherlands is one of
them. The other is Crown
Princess Margrethe, 22, of
Denmark, oldest sister of
Anne-Marie. Beatrix once had
a friendship with a young
student but when someone
raised the questnn of mar
riage she sighed: "I will have
to find a husband among a
small set." Margrethe has the
same problem-and it will help
if her consort likes the sou.
She has had her own farm for
two years. .'.
Margrethe's name has not
been linked with any indi
vidual yet, altnougn it was
noted with interest that Prince
William, son of Britain's Duke
of Gloucester, was invited to
the "princesses ball."
Swedes like to claim their
three princesses have a corner
on royal beauty. The shapely
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trio are Princess Margaretha,
28, who is a handsome six
footer, Princess Desiree, 24,
and Princess Christina, 19. A
fourth sister, Princess Birgit
ta, married Prince Johann
Georg of Hohenzollern two
years ago. ,
There are no known serious
suitors for the unmarried
Swedes at present, although
their names have figured in
romantic discussions for some
time. Margaretha was about
to become engaged to Robin
Douglas-Home, k i n f o 1 k of
Britain's foreign secretary, the
Earl of Home, in 1957, but the
romance was broken off
abruptly.
No reason was given al
though Douglas Home was
playing piano in a London bar
at the time and King Gustav
Adolf was reputed to feel that
even for a democratic mon
arch there were limits.
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Oddly enough the British
royal family, which tops the
royalty league, has seemed
less against intermarriage
with commoners than most
other royal houses. Princess
Margaret, sister of Queen
Elizabeth was given permis
sion to marry the court pho
tographer, Anthony Armstrong-Jones.
k The wedding in Westmin
ster Abbey on May 6, 1BBU,
was as splendid as though she
were marrying a crown
prince. But an astonishing
number of European royalty
somehow found themselves
unable to attend.
The Duke of Kent, cousin
of Queen Elizabeth, also mar
ried a commoner, Katharine
Worsley. And his sister, Prin
cess Alexandra of Kent, will
be married in April at West
minster Abbey to still another
commoner, Angus Ogilvy, al
though his father is the Earl
of Airlie and the family has
long history of association
with thethrone.
Princess Marina, Duchess
of Kent with a Tsar and a
Kaiser among her immediate
relatives wanted her daugh
ter Alexandra to marry a
crown prince. But there were
only three around at the tunc.
Juan Carlos was a Catholic
which might have caused re
ligious complications. Con
stantine was too young.
And Harold, following the
trend, was interested in a
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Fellowship Recipient Announced
The 1962-63 Oregon Unen
dowed Fellowship of $2,500
has been awarded by the
American Association of Uni
versity Women Educational
Foundation to Dr. Pauline
Newman - Gordon, assistant
professor of French at Stan
ford university.
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Council Session
Set in Portland
A group of members of Mili
tary Order of the Cooties and
Military Order of Lady Buss
will go to Oregon City Satur
day to attend a meeting of the
Council of Administra 1 1 o n
February 9-10.
Attending from Roguette
circle, Medford, will be Mrs.
Ben Allison, royal lady gold
bug; Mrs. O. O. DcBerry,
royal secretary; Mrs. R. E.
Schulz, royal treasurer; Mrs.
Con Rost, assistant royal lady
firefly and Mrs. Ivan Lusk,
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White City.
Representing the local pup
tent of the Military Order of
Cooties will be Mr. Lusk, de
partment hospital representa
tive for the White City domi
ciliary. J i m Wederick, McMinn
ville. Ore., chief of staff for
the order, recently visited the
local group.
Roguette circle will hold a
meeting Tuesday, February
12, at 8 p.m. in VFW hall. 42
North Front street. Plans will
be made for celebration of the
15th anniversary of organiza
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Lusk and Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Sutherland
of the two groups recently
visited the domiciliary and
passed out cigarets to the
veterans.
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The announcement was
made by Mrs. James Basker,
Grants Pass, state fellowships
chairman for the AAUW.
"This is the first such award
made," Mrs Basker explained,
"and is in addition to the
$6,500 contributed by Oregon
members for fellowships the
past year."
Dr. Newman Gordon I s
working at the Bibliotheque
Nationale in Paris where she
is studying the works of two
poets, Tristan Corbiere and
Jules Lafoigtie, and a novelist,
Jules Rcnard, in relation to
the theme of "smile."
Corbiere, Laforgue, and
Renard lived during the years
1845-1912, a period which saw
France's disastrous defeat in
tliu Franco-Prussian war and
the coming of the First World
War. The life and works of
these writers reflect the dis
appointment of their times:
their wounded sensitivities
are expressed in the "laugh
ter" or "smile" in their liter
ature. The study will explore
the psychological subcon
scious escapes of the three au
thors and will be submitted
for publication.
Dr. Newman Gordon grad
uated from Hunter college in
1947, has a master's degree
from Columbia university and
a doctorate from the Sor
bonne. She published a book
on Marcel Proust and Exist
entialism in 1953 and one on
Eugene Leroy in 1957. The
two publications have been
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critics in the U.S. and by
wide segments of the French
press. .
Dr. Newman - Gordon is the
1957 recipient of the Hunter
college award for outstanding
achievement and a member
of Phi Beta Kappa.
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