[UPBEAT MUSIC]
NARRATOR: Prince Henry,
a captain in the army,
had gone on tour with his
brother Edward to Kenya
and begun an affair with married
adventurer Beryl Markham.
WOMAN: She was the worst kind
of courtesan for Prince Henry
to have.
She'd been married twice.
She's just had a son.
She's a commoner.
She had worked for a living.
NARRATOR: A few months
after their affair began,
Beryl had arrived in London
and had been installed
at the Grosvenor Hotel on the
very doorstep of the palace,
minus her husband.
WOMAN: Henry and Beryl's
affair comes to a head
when Beryl's husband, she
finds lessons that Prince
Henry has written to Beryl.
The Malcolm family decide that
he should go for a divorce,
and that they should name Prince
Henry in divorce proceedings.
NARRATOR: Beryl was sent
packing back to Kenya
and would later divorce,
citing intolerable
indignities as the cause.
[LIGHT MUSIC]
Prince Henry, now purged of
his scandalous love affair,
had finally made his match.
WOMAN: A year after George and
Marina's marriage, Henry also
found a bride,
Lady Alice, who was
the daughter of a wealthy
Scottish landowner.
REPORTER: On this great
day of public rejoicing,
a brilliant sun shines on the
bride and tens of thousands
who have come to London
to see the third son
of Their Majesties the King
and Queen marry to the daughter
of an ancient Scottish family.
DR. FERN RIDDELL: We can see
that the family is so relieved.
Alice has been lovely.
She's made a very
good impression.
She's clearly going to
be a very good partner
for him and for the family.
NARRATOR: Henry's illicit
affair with Beryl Markham
was over, but not forgotten.
WOMAN: Prince Henry, I think,
found it very difficult
to end the affair despite the
pressure bearing down upon him.
Eventually, he had to conform,
and duty had to come first.
And eventually, the
affair petered out.
