Friday, April 9, 2010

Danish denies Margaret troth rumor

April 9, 1948

Prince Georg of Denmark "threw cold water today" on the rumors that his engagement to Princess Margaret Rose will be "announced later this year."
"I wish these rumors would stop," he told the Associated Press. "There is not a bit of truth in them."
Buckingham Palace was "bound by a rule that no notice be taken of rumors about the royal family." Private, officials "expressed belief" in the story. Prince Georg, 27, is the military attache at the Danish embassy in London. Princess Margaret Rose, younger daughter of King George VI, turns 18 in August.

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