El Principe de Jazz

Who rouse the shirtless patriots of Spain?

--BYRON

Young, debonair Britons of democratic leanings, such as Edward of Wales, have seldom been popular in Spain, a country where the aristocracy is, and is expected to be, punctilious. Therefore, last week, as Edward of Wales continued his sojourn with the Spanish Royal Family (TIME, May 9), Spanish journalists of the more independent stamp bestowed on him a nickname: El Principe de Jazz-- the Jazz Prince. To make the nickname stick they chronicled against H.R.H. the following high social misdemeanors:

1) Pointed omission to kneel when all present knelt except himself while King Alfonso XIII was blessed by His Eminence Eustochio Cardinal Ilundain y Esteban, Archbishop of Seville. Edward, conscious that the Church of England is Protestant, stood fumbling nervously with his hat throughout the ceremony.

2) Persistent omission to dance with ladies of the Spanish aristocracy; this coupled with an unconcealed dancing preference for English and U. S. girls of whom but few were present.

3) Appearing at an inspection of the Spanish fleet in a baggy flannel suit and floppy soft hat, whereas the King and all others present were in full uniform.

4) Refusal to attend a bull fight. From Spanish editors this drew indignant comments upon the fact that Spanish grandees never do more than repose in their seats at a bull fight, whereas the British aristocracy actively participates in the hunting down of foxes.