ROMANCE OF A DUCHESS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3452, 6 April 1920, Page 7

ROMANCE OF A DUCHESS.

! —-——-—'»——~- % ’\\'li.l‘)])lsll) TO YOUNG OFFJ;C_I:JR. Om! uffhc most bl'illi:lm* women in the aristocracy, the Duchess of Westminstvr. has just mzidc her second nl:lt"rixnmlizll VCntul'(.‘. All the elements of I'om:ulce are presem in the L-ircllm.~':':mc<os of this second alliance, the I.)l'idog'l'oom b<3illg a. young ofiicer of no m-istocratic c.onllCct'ions, whom she met in France. From their earliest :wLlllzlixltzlllC(‘ 11 I'om.'m\tic -att:lchmont spr:ln_9; up “[>E3f\\'CE‘ll thorn, :Ind‘it xvas no sul"pl'ise to their in‘timat‘o friends‘

tu lvurn of their inarriago. The ’bridog‘l'oom. Captain .Talm>.~: Fily.p:micl{ ]..o\\'is, of the Royal Air Form‘. i_.- about 30, and after his denlubili.<:ll‘i(nl he became private secretary um] ngoriii to the diiclioss. The n(.-xr {lc)vc10pn1011t in this‘ eventful .<t;ory xvus that the privaite sccl'ofal'y I>«_~cuna.e the husband of "tho duchess.

The wedding took place at. a I'egis~ I'x'__V ofi‘i('o on ._Tallual‘y 1-1, and 21. maid \v:l.~' the only witness. It! was early in Hw war that Captain Lcwi.s' first met the I)u«_-]1<\ss. He was then in the 8.F.(".. sfaticwilod near [.O '.L‘ouqlwt, close to tfio hospital established by her Grace. The I)lmh(.‘.<s of VVestulillstex' is one of The Ines!" talented women in society. SllO is fho d:lug'htor of the Info COl- - um] Mrs Col'n\vallis-W<-st. of Rnfhin (.":I.<t]e_. Donbighshire. Her 11mé‘l1or, u gifted, wiTty Il'ishwonltl'n,‘ was :1 grnmf boall’cy, and her pm‘t'x':lif by S}:-ammn. which hung‘ in tho (guru-‘

Wallis-\\"o.<f'.< house in Hnnmpshiro. shmvml .-An :\xi‘l*:.l(>l':lixl:ll'y I'esomM:lnCe b(‘!‘\\'cen nmfllm' mid d:lng‘hfol‘.

l'n Jmn‘ of last your tho Dllr:}ms.< of \Vo.<fmin.<.:‘m' :lD[\C{ll‘(.'(] in the Di\*m'r=D Cowl". whmw.‘ 311:) was gl’-nnt'ed :1 docrov

nisi f,>_u*:n'n.~.‘t the duke. An oxtrzlmdin

ary .\‘f'('ll')' nf donlcsfic 1n1h:1npiI1(->.’<.‘~: s\':l.‘< thon ‘rv\’r)al<>d.