Heard in class a very interesting thing from Dr. Scannell about George V. The latter, while his father Edward VI was still alive, knowing he would not come to the throne as his brother, Duke of Clarence, was heir apparent, secretly married a Catholic lady, daughter of an admiral. Clarence died, however, and his brother, now Prince of Wales, was pressed to marry the Princess of Norway who had been engaged to Clarence. He was in a fix, as he did not of course want his marriage known. He got out of it, however, by means of English law which declares no royal marriage valid unless sanctioned by reigning sovereign, and so he pensioned and packed off his Catholic wife, to where no one knows, and married the present Queen Mary. Scannie himself saw the registry of the Catholic church at Chatam, where the king was first married, and saw that the leaves of marriages of that year are torn out! George later swore at a law-suit he was not married before. – Went to choir practice. Fairly good attendance. Pappie announced an important meeting next Thursday when official matters will be dealt with.
