King Edward opposes Patricia's marriage because of religion

February 14, 1908

King Edward VII is opposing the "projected marriage" between his niece, Princess Patricia of Connaught and the Count of Turin.   The Los Angeles Times reports, in an exclusive dispatch, that the King does not want his niece to convert to Catholicism.

Princess Patrica is not required to convert, but it is the "immemorial custom of princes of the house of Savoy to marry Catholic wives."