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...found time to chat with the aging (51) but still boyish Duke of Windsor, who just wanted to say hello. Explained the Duke: "You know, I met him in France during the last war. I don't remember exactly the place...
...newly painted crimson-&-gold state coach drawn by the famed Windsor greys, Their Majesties-the King in naval uniform, the Queen in a turquoise blue suit with feathered hat to match-smiled and bowed toward the tumult. Ahead of the postilions, a State Guard of Household Cavalry clop-clopped proudly. Escorted by motorcycle outriders, the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, Lieut. Colonel Sir Terence Nugent, rode clasping a suitcase in which rested the Imperial Crown. Not since World War II began had the jewel-studded emblem left its sanctuary to be displayed...
During the night the Great Lakes pleasure ship Hamonic moved through Lake St. Clair and up the St. Clair River from Detroit and Windsor. An hour after daybreak she eased into the dock at Point Edward, Ont. Her 247 passengers, most of them Americans, got up drowsily for a picnic ashore. Later, 80-odd more passengers would arrive from Toronto. Then the Canada Steamship Lines' 36-year-old ship would shove off for Duluth, Minn, as she had done many times for many summers...
...Duke of Windsor, who has long been looking for a place to live, was reported headed for France by way of England. But when Washington reporters asked where he planned to light, the Duke replied: "Your guess is as good as mine. I have absolutely no idea...
...Buxom Mrs. Helen Virginia Somers, whose theory was that the Charter implements a plot to make the Duke of Windsor "king of the world." Qualified Mrs. Somers: "I know whereof I speak; I'm no crackpot...