
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, July 16, 1993                   TAG: 9307160225
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

MAGENNIS TO MARRY FERGIE PAL

Virginia Economic Development Secretary Cathleen Magennis plans to marry Steve Wyatt, a Texan who vacationed with the Duchess of York before her split with Prince Andrew, a newspaper reported Thursday.

The Washington Post said Wyatt, who's been working in Washington, D.C., told friends he plans to marry Magennis.

A spokesman for the development secretary said she would have no comment about her private life, and Wyatt had an unlisted telephone number at his Alexandria home.

Wyatt, the son of Texas oil millionaires, was featured last year in the British tabloids, which published photographs of him vacationing with the duchess.

Magennis previously has been linked with U.S. Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. She also has socialized with U.S. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., and Gov. Douglas Wilder, who appointed her to the state Cabinet last year.

by CNB