When considering the future bride: the time for foreign marriages has pretty much passed in the UK by this time and certainly after WWII. The Queen is Scottish by birth, so a 'local girl' (UK) is the best option.
The Queen, when she was Princess got away with marrying Prince Phillip who was Greek by birth and partially German by ethnicity, so I don't think it's impossible for Eddie to marry a foreigner.
 
I wonder if Eddy has had any romantic relationships by now. He doesn't strike me as a playboy like his uncle. If he's anything like his OTL counterpart, he's quite modest and perhaps a bit shy.
He will be shy and would not like to be looked upon similar to his Uncle. He will most likely have a few dates, like his dad did.

I'd check out line two first paragraph...
Oh Home Guard disbanded late 1944, more likely would have entered a Guards regiment or the RN.
Thank you for pointing this out and the London Home Guard carried on until D-Day to support the running of London

If he's expected- or not - to become queen, he's spending too much time with the Duke of Kent :p
Which one, as Prince George, Duke of Kent is 20 years older than this character, and his son, Edward of Kent is 13 years younger? And what is wrong with spending time with their cousin?

What is the POD? I know nothing about the UK royal family..
The P.O.D. is the current OTL monarch Elizabeth II being born as a male, as stated in the OP, becoming Prince Edward, however does not want to be coronated as Edward IX following his uncles abdication and ruining the name.
Considering it's a 50/50 chance for sex determination, it's a very easy POD.
It's easy and very plausible, but has a major impact on the state of Britain and the world in general.

Who will the young prince marry? Would one candidate be Lady Ursula Manners, the Duke of Rutland's daughter...the one with the widow's peak?
I was planning on him marrying Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott, Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, linking her to noble houses such as "Hamilton, Duke of Abercorn", "Russell, Duke of Bedford" "Thynne, Marquess of Bath" and "Bridgeman, Earl of Bradford".
Eliabeth D.M.D. Scott is also the niece of Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, who married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Mary of Teck, whom her self in a paternal aunt (by law) of OTL Elizabeth II

Too old. She was born a decade before him. I recommend his second cousin, Princess Ragnhild of Norway, his third cousin and his grandmothers great-niece, Anne Abel Smith.
Princess Ragnhild is a good shout especially with her being a granddaughter of Maud, the youngest daughter of the British king Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, and being Goddaughter of George VI.
However, I don't see them meeting and I don't see her choosing some one other than her bodyguard during the War.
Isn't that Poland or WWI?

not sure that will fly, as a woman QEII could do a none combat role but with WWII in full flow and conscription I think Edward will be expected to go to the teeth arms or risk seriously damaging the royals position with accusations of being kept safe when others are risked every day?
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I did mean Poland :oops:
The heir to the throne going to war? This would never happen.
 
My point was that if EDWARD was expected to be QUEEN, he was spending too much time with the bisexual Kent. It was a joke. I expected the typo to be corrected from that, not for you to take it literally.
 
I was planning on him marrying Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott, Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, linking her to noble houses such as "Hamilton, Duke of Abercorn", "Russell, Duke of Bedford" "Thynne, Marquess of Bath" and "Bridgeman, Earl of Bradford".
Eliabeth D.M.D. Scott is also the niece of Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, who married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Mary of Teck, whom her self in a paternal aunt (by law) of OTL Elizabeth II

Princess Ragnhild is a good shout especially with her being a granddaughter of Maud, the youngest daughter of the British king Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, and being Goddaughter of George VI.
However, I don't see them meeting and I don't see her choosing some one other than her bodyguard during the War.

Elizabeth is four years older than Eddie, and while she is younger and more likelier than Ursula Manners, I don't know if it would be accepted for the Prince to marry an older woman, even if it's only four years. It may be okay, but it just doesn't settle right with me for some reason.

I figured that Ragnhild wouldn't be an option, while she is closet related to the Royal Family, her name is a bit odd for Brits. Is Anne Abel Smith a valid option?
 
Having a bride from the Buccleuch line would link the prince's descendants to King Charles II via an illegitimate line. There were tales that Charles II had secretly married the mother of Buccleuch's illegitimate royal ancestor but that a late duke destroyed the evidence.
 
Having a bride from the Buccleuch line would link the prince's descendants to King Charles II via an illegitimate line. There were tales that Charles II had secretly married the mother of Buccleuch's illegitimate royal ancestor but that a late duke destroyed the evidence.

Guess, he wasn't very sucessful.
 
Elizabeth is four years older than Eddie, and while she is younger and more likelier than Ursula Manners, I don't know if it would be accepted for the Prince to marry an older woman, even if it's only four years. It may be okay, but it just doesn't settle right with me for some reason.

I figured that Ragnhild wouldn't be an option, while she is closet related to the Royal Family, her name is a bit odd for Brits. Is Anne Abel Smith a valid option?

I was imagining having Prince Edward of York (aged 9) acting as page boy along side Bridesmaid Lady Elizabeth Montagu-Douglas-Scott (age 13) at the wedding of Alice and Henry in 1936, the close ties make the couple plausible.
Especially with a face like this:
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Anne Abel Smith as a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria is a good shout out, but how do they meet.
 
Any other suggestions are welcome and I will evaluate plausibility and work out which is best for the story.

The other reason for Elizabeth D.M.D. Scot is the death in 2012 will make the nation really feel for the widowed king.
 
At 9, girls are NOT interesting to boys. And a 13 yo girl is going to see a 9 yo boy as a child while seeing herself on the 'cusp of womanhood', I don't care who he's going to be, he's going to be a child in her eyes.
 
At 9, girls are NOT interesting to boys. And a 13 yo girl is going to see a 9 yo boy as a child while seeing herself on the 'cusp of womanhood', I don't care who he's going to be, he's going to be a child in her eyes.
You are not thinking of these as who they are.
This 9 year old is a member of the words largest, prestigious and historical royal families, so will be aware that he is expected to find a wife and continue his royal line.
And no 13 year old will look down on a potential chance of becoming a princess, its all she has ever dreamed of especially since seeing her aunt dating a prince. Also with his tutoring, his is most likely more mature than some older boys she knows.
Though Queen Mary. Anne's mother is Queen Mary's niece. Maybe at a birthday party or something of the sort.
I will keep her on the table, maybe as a previous date.
 
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