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...Viceroy some years ago, either knew in advance what the Bishop was going to say or actually put him up to it. Behind Politician Baldwin the proverbially canny Yorkshiremen discern his famed churchy wife, Lucy. They know that the Prime Minister was furious three weeks ago- when Edward VIII told the jobless of South Wales that more must be done for them than the Cabinet thinks the country can afford. They are willing to bet that Mrs. Baldwin will never forgive the king for inviting her to a dinner at which she had to sit down with "that woman...
...each week), blows off steam at Buckingham Palace by rejecting a new set of designs for British Army uniforms. He chats about Polar conditions with Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, who afterwards calls His Majesty "cheerful" and denies they talked about selling the King's money-losing Canadian ranch. Edward VIII does the duty of dubbing an Indian politician knight (name: Ramaswami Srinivasa Sarma), and is icily angry when perspiring Mr. Baldwin rushes in, soon rushes off hatless again to consult the Cabinet, rushes back and confronts Edward VIII in their angriest scene thus far. The Prime Minister applies...
...while the Duke & Duchess stay until 12:15 a. m. As they leave the Duke is rumored certain to be King Albert I or King George VI (depending on which name he prefers to use) within a few hours or days, and at 1:31 a. m. King Edward VIII shoots out of Buckingham Palace, driving at terrific speed to his snuggery. Lights out at 2:13 a. m. The daily Court Circular, which is supposed to chronicle all important movements of members of the Royal Family, omits all of the above, fails to appear. The House of Commons: There...
...blocks her Buick in the garage with his car, which he locks, and feels safe in dozing off in bed. But the Buick and Mrs. Simpson extricate themselves, speed on. She buys a French newspaper with the headline "King's abdication seems certain!", stops and telephones to Edward VIII. Says the sympathetic French innkeeper's wife as Mrs. Simpson disappears down the road, "She seemed, oh, so much more composed, after she had telephoned the Palace." French reporters discover that Mrs. Simpson's terrier is named "Folly." They get Mrs. Simpson's chauffeur to say that...
...private telephone line and special hookup for instant connection through to England has been installed. Mrs. Simpson calls Fort Belvedere. At Cannes the first statement made for her is handed to reporters at the Hotel Majestic by Peregrine Francis Adelbert Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow, close friend of Edward VIII: "The following is an official statement. . . . Mrs. Simpson, throughout the last few weeks, invariably has wished to avoid any action which would hurt or damage His Majesty or the Throne. . . . She is willing, if such action would solve the problem, to withdraw forthwith from the situation." In the London circle...