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...statesmen daily got to bed about 3 a. m. Faces grew haggard and tempers short, but there was always French champagne at London's diplomatic meals and the pleasure of being accorded a private audience with His Majesty the King-a pleasure generously bestowed all round by Edward VIII last week, notably upon Hitler's von Ribbentrop...
...humble subject of His Majesty named T. H. L. Hony of Fowey in Cornwall was creating a well-bred little Mayfair stir last week with his "discovery" that King Edward VIII, his brothers and King George V were all born on Saturday...
...safe custodians for immense wealth which never ceases to pile up and ultimately may be shared for the greatest good of the greatest number in the United Kingdom. Only people who are not Scottish Communists were in any way surprised last week when these intelligent Glasgow fellows welcomed Edward VIII, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, with loyal roars of "Good old Teddy...
Thus transferred to Edward VIII was the genial nickname Scotsmen bestowed on his grandfather King Edward VII. Scottish authorities differ as to whether this venerable Sovereign was called "Good old Teddy!" because his figure somewhat resembled that of the popular Teddy Bear, created in the year of his accession (1901). From now on in Scotland 41-year-old King Edward is good old Teddy...
...tapped the knuckle of Edward VIII's middle finger on a Glasgow tenement door as he cried, "May I come...