 A few weeks after the funeral, his younger brother, Prince Louis was due to be married to the Hon.Margaret Geddes, daughter of Lord Geddes.On 16 November 1937, Georg Donatus, Cecilie, their two young sons, Georg's mother Grand Duchess Eleonore, the children's nurse, a family friend, a pilot and two crewmen, flew from Darmstadt bound for the United Kingdom, where Prince Louis was due to be married.