The Kelowna Courier Monday

T he K elo w na C ourier VOLUME 44 Kelowna, iJritish C'uluinhia, Mondav, November 17tli, 1947 .NUMHlUi 29 Royal Bride and Groom Tail, Blonde Navy Central Figure In Romance Lieutenant 1$ Popular I- O f W o rld Interest Takes Figure In England Marriage Vows Thursday y V' * Princess Elizabeth First Intrigued by Lieut. Philip H. R. H. Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mount- Mountbatten Early in 1946—Soon Became ‘ Dash batten to Join Hands in Holy Matrimony at ing Hero” of Bobby-Soxers, Spinsters and Co-eds Invite Two Westminster Abbey—Shadow of Crown Hovering —Spent Most of His Childhood With Relatives Over “Lillibet” Since “A Female of Royal Blood” in England Was Born on April 21, 1926—Inescapable Respon City Women sibility of Being Sixth British Queen Since Nor- Served Throughout W ar Royal Party man Conquest Has Been on Princess’ Shoulders a l i ., blomlc I.icut. Philip Mounlbattcn, R.N., came to the Has Lived a ^^Natural^^ Life JJritish people as a gay and jolly Lancelot in a distraught, Mrs. H. Waters and Mrs. D. Tunroinantic period of tlieir liistory. Chamberlain Receive Invita The times and liis background ejilisted to make him an / / tions HJ'v jiiiik bundle, yawned, burble<l and blew bubble.s—and anachronism of, sorts. / T second.^ later, as dawn whipped across London’s M;iyfair Horn a prince of the Hellenes, although having no Greek SEN T GIFT on April 21, 192(), elderly .Sir William Joynson-Ilicks, then blood and little or no agility with the classic tongue, he helped Britain’s home secretary, {^^reeted Ilis Royal Hifjhness, the dcfend'Britain in war, and in peace charmingly won the hand Royal Party to be Held at St. Duke of York, and said: of her future Queen—and a Commowealth’s afTection for a p i James’ Palace Tuesday Af “It’s a girl I” man's man. ternoon Then Sir William hustled olT to the Lord Mayor to herald But the great-great-grandson of Victoria, and grandson of Two local residents have been in the news that former Lady Itlizabeth Angela Marguerite I’rince William f>f Denmark who accepted Athens’ sceptre and vited by Princess Elizabeth to at Bowes-Lyon had borne “a babe, female, of true royal blood’’ throne in 1863 as George I. could not long remain an anach ^ * 1 tend an afternoon party tomorrow who in a few short years would have all Britain at her chubby ronism to Britons. afternoon (’Tuesday) as a result of knees, and in two decades would bfc the central figure in a ro They soon discovered—early in 1946—that 9'^ elig Her Royal Highness receiving wed mance of world interest. On Thursday, that romance will be Mm ding gifts from two Kelowna wom- ible young blades in post-war Britain ,it was Philip who most cn. culminated in the marriage of Her Royal Highness to a naval intrigued Princess Elizabeth. The lucky recipients of the invi officer, Lieut. Philip Mountbatten. tations are Mrs. H. Waters, 2091 Observers of 21 years ago were quick to sense ^hat Princess From then on, the handsome naval lieutenant, who com Richter St., and Mrs. Dorothy Cham bined ‘pusscr” King’s Rules-and-Admiralty-Instructions bear berlain, 370 Willow St., but they Elizabeth Alexandra Mary would never be far from the shadow will be unable to attend the recep of a crown. But few who stood around the font in the private ing with strikingly effective ability to wear crisp-cut barathea A ^ ' S' \ uniforms, became the dashing hero of bobby-soxers, spinsters tion. Unknown to one another, both chapel of Buckingham Palace five weeks later could guess how >• sent nylons to Princess Elizabeth. and co-eds the Commonwealth over. Both people received two cards close that shadow lay. Bold-face type and newspage stories began to tell of Philip. from her Royal Highness, as well Her kicking legs warmed by an antique robe which had covered He who had wooed and won tomorrow’s Queen became public ■ ■' / imm as a letter from the Princess’ Lady- the infant limbs of a queen and three kings, Elizabeth roared her disap domain, as far as his previous life was concerned. in-waiting, Margaret Egerton. Text proval without realizing her christening came when, among othbr events of the letter reads: “I am desired of the times, the British Commonwealth of Nations arrived at maturity. Adulators, admirers and critics terrn and packed him off to Gordon- by the Princess Elizabeth to convey ■.y * ' Her arrival coincided with the joint decision of Britain and the read: stoun public school, Elgin, Scotland. to you Her Royal Highness’ sincere Said Sister Theodora: Dominions to define themselves as “autonomous communities within the He was born at Corful, largest is thanks for your kind present which Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate to one another in any land in the Ionian Sea, June 10, We thought it better for him and The Princess Elizabeth accepts with i' •/ V aspect of their domestic or external affairs though united by a common 1921. His lather was the late Prince also for us, if he returned^ to Eng- I"-'- pleasure as a token of your good allegiance to the Crown.” Andrew ol Greece, and his mother, land — right away! wishes for ' Her Royal Highness’ She graduated from the nursery and entered the schoolroom when Princess Alice, eldest daughter of Gordonstoun, quite unlike most \ forthcoming wedding.” old school tie” institutions, presen the Statute of Westminster in 1932 set solemn seal to that concept. While Prince Louis of Battenberg, a Ger The official invitation to the af M gangling teen-ager self-consciously opening the door of public life, she man- who acquired British citizen ted itself a grim, bleak picture to L ■■ “5 'y f' < ternoon party reads: watched the Commonwealth link arms in defence of that concept. At 21, s h ip in 1868 and was First Sea Lord adolescent, fun-loving Philip, “The Lord Chamberlain is com a young woman in love and marriage a few months away, she called on at the start of the First World War. Accommodated in an ancient Scot manded by Their Majesties to in her generation to walk with her in perpetuating “our union.” Philip’s maternal grandfather chan- castle on the cliff-girt coast of Mor- vite (Mrs. H. Walters and Mrs. Dor Flipping back the newspapers of that time when a proud, sparkling ged his name to the less Germanic alshire, its spartan outline — and othy Chamberlain) to an afternoon eyed mother softly told her first child to “shush” as the ancient ceremony “Mountbatten” in 1917. curricula — did not present any- party on Tuesday, the 18th Novem of the Church of England came to a climax, today’s reader would,discover The father of Elizabeth’s consort thing in common with Eton or Har- ber, 1947, from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. St. that: . i died in Monte Carlo in 1^44. His row, as the prince learned, James’s Palace. Service dress uni Gentle King George V of the neatly trimmed iron-grey beard, who sisters are Margarita, who married For within its walls, youthful Bri- form; morning dress; (or lounge Was to dote on this baby, was enjoying vigorous health. Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe- tons — aristocrats all — painfully suit). Langenburg; Theodora, who <mar- memorized the adage: “There ain’t The second card which they re Debonair Edward VIII, then queen since the Norman Conquest, r i e d the Margrave of Baden; Cecilia, no such animal” -^ insofar as class ceived entitled them to pass through Prince of Wales and Elizabeth’s 'There on the balcony was father Grand Duches of Hesse bei Rhein, distinctions were concerned. Philip the gates of St. James’s Palace. “Uncle David,” was still unmarried. to guide and inspire a young king who was killed with her husband soon caught on to the school’s cen- Needless to say, both people wiU Even if he clung to bachelorhood, who defeated by sheer will-power and thei^ twosonsinaplane^crash theme H. R! H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH and LIEUT. PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN keep'the invitations as s'ouvenirs. her own parents—the quiet, shy his nervous speech defect. Behihd . in 1937: and Sophie, wife of Prince lation and now to live iiice a ne- • ______ • ______ • . ■________ ■ Duke and Duchess of York— might him, calm, steady, was her grand-, Christopher of Hesse. '■ man, . T " ^ 7 ~ . have a son who would sit on the mother. Queen Mary,-to whom re One year before Philip’s birth - The life-compani^ of Elizabeth D ^calcitrant Pat)er '* Tells A ll ** ROYAL WEDDING throne. gal precedence, duty and devotibh 1920 — his cousin. King Alexander,"exander, became adept at touncing out ot ■TKCCUiciuufii l u/jcr m Blit the news columns ol the pe- to a proud dynasty were all-imnor- died from the bite of a monkey:. hed, takingông“Tuke^ctamêri^. ... , HJUSIC-PROGRAar riod also would tell how the sha tant. Two years later, his imcle. King hills and tossmg lavelines before dow of the regal headdress lêcame “The Bambino,” as Queen Mary Constantine, abdicate and fled breakfast. Wedding Gown Of Princess Elizabeth each hour more substance than fan called Elizabeth, would have a good Greece to Palermo, Italy, where he As at all schools of its type, stor- IS ARRANGED cy after Elizabeth’s 11th birthday life. There would be cracking good' died in 1923. ' ies are told. Dick Clelland, barber in 1937. family parties, outdoor trips, pets, ^ Then Philip and his sisters be- at nearby Elgin town, for example, Will Be Embroidered With Pearls ’The full program of music for “Grandpa England,” as Elizabeth riding and friendly companionship.

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