A question about George V and Mary of Teck

A quick query, say Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale and second in line to the throne behind his father, the future Edward VII, had married Mary of Teck before his death, and managed to sire a son by her. What are the chances that otl George V, this timelines Duke of York still gets close to Mary during their shared period of mourning and ends up marrying her as he did otl?
 
No. She's part of the regency and her late husband's brother weds a different girl. Maybe a nice English, Scot, Irish, or welsh girl and start that royal trend........
 
i doubt it very much - Mary herself was not some shy retiring type as many thought - she had a core of steel in her and a deep reverence for the institution of monarchy - if she has a child that child will automatically succeed its grandfather in 1910 with the Duchess of Clarence as his or her devoted mother I suspect. She would have managed herself quite well as a young widow I suspect.
George himself had quite fancied his cousin Missy (Marie of Roumania) and both his father and his uncle Alfred were quite keen on the idea - though it was scotched by Missy's mother who didn't want her daughter playing second fiddle at the British court which she had found so difficult. I suspect he would have continued his naval career and been pushed to marry yet another of his large batch of cousins or second cousins.
 
i doubt it very much - Mary herself was not some shy retiring type as many thought - she had a core of steel in her and a deep reverence for the institution of monarchy - if she has a child that child will automatically succeed its grandfather in 1910 with the Duchess of Clarence as his or her devoted mother I suspect. She would have managed herself quite well as a young widow I suspect.
George himself had quite fancied his cousin Missy (Marie of Roumania) and both his father and his uncle Alfred were quite keen on the idea - though it was scotched by Missy's mother who didn't want her daughter playing second fiddle at the British court which she had found so difficult. I suspect he would have continued his naval career and been pushed to marry yet another of his large batch of cousins or second cousins.

Margarethe of Prussia and Alix of Hesse were also on the cards, but the Princess of Wales wasn't big on supporting them due to the fact that they were German. Mary was that, but at least she had been raised in England.
 
Alright interesting so no chance of them doing what they did otl and developing feelings for one another during the mourning period?
 
It is possible they would have an affection but both found difficulty in expressing affection in person - they would right the most touching letters to each other. I suspect affection and little else in those circumstance neither were the type to be overcome by a grand romance.
 
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