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KING MANUEL IN SFABCUotaWIFE
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Princess Victoria Louise of
Germany, a Possible Bride.
WANTED— A Queen!
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Listen,
all yo little princesses of royal
blood—all ye little princesses eligible to
wear a crown and to sit upon a throne—
summon your ladies of honor, call forth
your ladles of the bedchamber, of the
wardrobe, of the Jewel caskets: array
yourselves In your finest, adorn your
beauty most magnificently, and mount
your pedestals in the gallery of marriage
able royal princesses.
For the young Xing, Manuel of Portu
gal, approaches In quest of his queen!
So, mount your pedestals, little prin
cesses royal. Mount your pedestals and
look your sweetest. For King Manuel is
young. His heart Is fresh. He Is more
than a king seeking his queeh; he Is a
lover, a youthful lover, seeking his bride.
Oh. yes, the King approaches, surround
ed by grave advisers on matters of state.
In his ears ring the reminders of his
royal mother, that he Is a king and must
choose wisely, for the good of his realm.
Oh, yes, you have reason. Princess Pa
tricia, of England, If you feel confident,
though you are the boy king’s senior by
several years. Are not you, for reasons
of state, the logical choice—you Princess
Royal of England, powerful protector of
weaker dynasties?
Could not you, like the present Victoria
cf Spain, embrace the faith of this other
Catholic young king, who comes a-woolng
to Albion?
Tet, you other little princesses royal do
not fear your fates too much, for you
have tenderer youth with your beauty—
and this king, who comes a-wooing is a
youth, unspoiled and ardent.
So while young King Manuel Is ap
proaching on his quest for a queen, let us
view the fair candidates waiting expec
tant on their pedestals. There Is time In
which to take this view, for King Manuel
does not leave Lisbon, his capital, until
November 20. On that date he will start
on a tour of Europe—his queen-hunting
expedition—sailing for England on his
mother’s, Queen Amatle's, yacht Sea
Royal
The royal Portuguese yacht will be es
corted by the Portuguese cruiser Don
Carlos I. and a squadron of British war
ships. The queen-hunting young King In
well protected; no ambitious beauty will
have a chance to kidnap him.
Matrimonially speaking, this royal tour
beginning with England appears rather
per»-.nctory—like Introducing the thin end
of the wedge. The only eligible oppor
tunities England can offer to King Han
sel are both considerably older than him
self, both, ot course. Protestants, and both
persistently rumored to have placed their
affections elsewhere.
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But It appears that the Portugese royal
family, and indeed the whole country,
hopes fervently that the young King may
fall In love with and consent to marry
either Princess Patricia of Connaught or
Princess Beatrice, daughter of the late
Duke of Edinburgh and niece at King
Edward.
Either of these alllanoes would tend to
consolidate British Influence In the whole
peninsula. With an English queen on
the Spanish throne and another Engltsh
queen retgnlng in Portugal, many of the
troubles of those countries would cease
to be.
Also, If young King Manuel and either
Princess Patricia or Princess Beatrice
could be Induoed to take either for better
or for worse, the boy King's financial
worries would be much mitigated. The
late King of Portugal died heavily in
debt. One of Manuel’s Inheritances Is a
total Indebtedness of $2,000,CC0, which he
has been forced ti pay In instalments out
of his civil list of> $885,000 annually. In
the cases of some of the other rulers of
European countries SIOO,OOO per year
could easily be spared, but Portugal, and
Portugal’s royal family, are comparatively
poverty stricken and And It difficult to
make both ends meet.
Therefore all this pomp oonnecteo with
the young Kings voyage to England next
November. The whole period of the visit
to England will amount to a ceremonious
effort to bring about an English marriage.
The Anal effort will take the form of a
magnificent banquet and ball to be given
on February IT by Sir Francis H. Vll
llers, the British Minister to Portugal, In
King Manuel’s honor.
Who. on that conspicuous occasion, wilt
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Princess Patricia of England, Who Wouldn’t Have
the King of Spain.
bs the royal princess most In evidence,
Princess Patricia or Princess Beatrice?
Era that time will the former have suc
ceeded In convincing herself that King
Manuel has driven from her heart the
Image of that other love? And will she
have lost her repugnance for the Idea of
changing her religion?
Or, If Princess Patricia continues
faithful to her long cherished Ideals,
will Princess Beatrice forego hers? In
her 'case It Is believed that the chief
obstacle to a marriage with Manuol
of Portugal Is the existence of Prince
Alfonso, son of the Infanta Eulalie.
This Is reputed a genuine love affair,
which flamed into being not long ago
when the Prince and his mother vis
ited the Princess and her mother at
Coburg, of which the Princess’s late
father was soverc'gn Duke.
Next In order of politlcal Importance
among the eligible royal princesses to
whom King Manuel may pay court Is
the Kaiser's daughter, Princess Vic
toria Louise. This youthful princess
carries no age handicap; there Is a
handicap, however —on the young
King's side. It Is difficult to Imagine
the Kaiser encouraging a matrimonial
alliance with Portgual when his posi
tion among the rulers of the earth
enables him, practically, to dlolate his :
choice among the princes of first-class
powers.
In spite of these considerations It
Is understood that King Manuel’s tour
is planned to Include a visit to the
i Kaiser’s court.
It Is said to be the gossip of sev
eral European courts that In Portugal
the most popular choice of a queen—
next to the selection of an English
princess—would be tbat of Princess
Marla della Pilar, of Bavaria.
This young princess possesses sev
eral distinct abvantages not enjoyed by
other presumed candidates. Her father,
, Prince Louis Ferdlnano, was son of
the Infanta Amalie of Hpaln, and her
mother the Infanta Pazo. But natu
rally, of course. Bhe Is a German, and
i that fact disposes of the old Portu
guese proverb; ’’From Hpaln there
comes no good wind and no good
wife."
If England does not furnish the
much sought queenly bride, certainly
the vlßlt to Bavaria will not be omitted
from King Manuel’s Itinerary.
Among the lesser prlncesees royal
who may be presumed to anticipate
a visit from Portugal's young ruler
are several In the Latin countries.
There are several daughter* In the
family of Prince Charles of Bourbon—
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'Princesses in
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Printing Up For
the Mouthful
'Ruler of Portugal ,
W/>© Can't Marry
As He LiKes, but
As He Must.
that royal family of Hlclly. Prince
Robert of Bourhon-Parma has also
several unmarried girls.
Austria should not be overlooked,
elthqr, for Archduke Frederick has
seven daughters, all, of course, royal
Hapsburg princesses.
In the meantime Portugal’s young
King has not closed his eyes to beauty
nearer homo.
The Queen mother and the Ministers
are much concerned by his attachment
for the daughter of a lady-ln-waltlng to
Queen Amelia. The love affair and the
boy King’s attitude bid fair to disrupt
the matrimonial plans being laid for him.
King Carlos and Queen Amolte were
fully aware of thp fondness of Manuel,
when a prince, for the girl, who is said to
be a very pretty child, a year or two
younger than the King.
Although she la a member of one of
the oldest and most noble families of
Portugal, the King and Queen realized
that a marriage between her and their
aon was out of the question. They also
believed that he realized It, and that hia
affection for the girl waa merely a boyish
fancy.
Since Manuel’e unexpected acceealon to
the throne a aultable alliance
with a European royal house la
Little King Manuel of Portugal, Who Must Take a Bride.
looked upon as a necessity of state.
Queen Arnelle and the Duke of Oporto
have been caatlng about to And a aulta
ble princess, both favoring one of British
extraction because of the oloae relations
between the two countrlee. A few days
ago they were diacusslng the matter and
canvassing the available princesses. The
young King stood near listening.
Suddenly he surprised both his mother
and the Duke by announcing angrily that
hla early love waa atlll his choice, and
that he would marry her or remain slngla.
Remonstrances on the ground of rea
sons of state had no effect. The boy ruler
had made up his mind and refused to
change It.
Therefore the lady-ln-waltlng and her
daughter will be asked to take a trip
abroad, In the hope that a long separa
tion will oure the King of his romantlo
attachment.
It was in February, 1008, that Manuel
Murle Philip Charles Amelle Louis Michel
Raphael Gabriel, Duke of Beja, then a
lail of eighteen, busy with Ids studies
and schoolboy sports, became King of
Portugal and the Algarvea through the
assassination of his father and elder
brother.
Hu la really a gallant little llgure,
this young Portuguese King. Most un
expectedly some one of the most de
sirable of royal princesses may fall
head over heels In love with him dur
ing his forthcoming tour. Who can tellt
