4 JANUARY 1919, Page 3

Princess Patricia of Connaught can count upon the heartiest goodwill

of people of all ranks and classes, in her betrothal to Commander the Hon. Alexander Ramsay, R.N., D.S.O., the third son of the thirteenth Earl of Dalhousie, and brother of the present Peer. The bridegroom served with distinction in Gallipoli. The Princess undertook with credit many public and ceremonial duties on behalf of her father during his term of office as Govemor-General of Canada ; and the genera! public recognize in her a very winning and naturally gracious woman. This betrothal of the King's cousin to a commoner may ferns a precedent for similar unions on the part of member of the Royal Family who stand nearer to the Throne.