An Interesting Comparison.
I - ■:/ • +-. — '■' It is interesting to compare the difFerent ages at whicKher Majesty's children have been married. The Princess Beatrice is now betrothed m her twenty-eighth year, the Princess Royal married m her eighteenth year; the Prince of Wales was married when m his twenty-second year ; the Princess Alice m her. twentieth year ; the Duke of Edinburgh m his thirtieth year; the Princess Helena m her twenty-first year; the Princess Louise m her twenty-fourth year ; the Duke of Connought m his twenty-ninth year ; the Duke of Albany m his thirtieth year. The united ages at marriage of the five Royal Princesses make 111 years ; the united ages at marriage of the four Princes make 111 years. By striking an average one iinds that Princesses are married at 22 1.5 years, and Princes at 27f .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 77, 4 March 1885, Page 4
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136An Interesting Comparison. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 77, 4 March 1885, Page 4
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