SILLY GOSSIP.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18140, 3 October 1930, Page 8

SILLY GOSSIP.

PIFFLE IN NEW YORK PAPER. t - PRINCE OF WALES AND MARRIAGE. United Tress Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received October 3, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, October 2. The Daily Express, publishes under the heading “ Silly Gossip in a New York Newspaper,” lengthy extracts of an article cabled from London bearing v the name, Lady Decies, as the author, wherein she stated that the Prince of Wales was pledged to seek a bride “ within a year. The Express quotes the following from the article as the kind of foolish ' ■ statements served up to the American public about the royal family. “Now that the Duchess has given birth to, a second princess, all eyes are turned to the Prince of Wales. Will the Prince * of Wales make good the pledge that ;> those closest to him know that he gave to the Duke and Duchess of York that if a male heir succession failed he would put aside his aversion to mar- & riage and take a bride. Those knowi ing the Prince of Wales best hold him as a man of his word. “ The Prince will, it is asserted, seek f : a bride within a year who may bear a son to succeed him on the throne of .. the British Empire. “ Edward P., sky-rover, world traveller, diplomat and mixer among v. men has at last come to a full realisaA tion to what his birth imposes on him. The Royal line of Windsor needs a male heir in succession if its prestige is to. he maintained.” The Express points out that such articles will be accepted abroad as authentic. It gives a sketch of the career of Lady Decies, which includes a hotel period'in which she was proprietress, a rabbit breeder, a shop-keeper, and a tea garden owner. •