KING’S LAST HOURS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 84, 21 January 1936, Page 5

KING’S LAST HOURS

RESERVE OF STRENGTH TAXED. THE LAST EVENING BULLETIN. END OF AN ANXIOUS DAY. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 20. A bulletin issued at 5.30 stated: “The King’s condition shows diminishing strength.” The bulletin, signed by Sir Frederick Wilians, Sir Stanley Hewett, and Lord Dawson of. Penn, coming at the end of an anxious day, created considerable alarm, as it was the most serious since Friday, indicating the doctors’ fear of his Majesty’s reserve of strength being taxed. OVERTAXED HIS STRENGTH. IN THE NATION’S SERVICE. ENGLISH. WINTERS BRAVED. (Received This Day, 8.45' a.m.) LONDON, January 20. Tbe weight of medical opinion is that tbe King overtaxed himself in the nation’s service, says the “Daily Mirror.” If the King were simply a rich man be would have spent the last five or six winters out of England. No doubt the Royal physicians thus advised, but bis Majesty over-rode tbe doctors because he realised that the country was passing through troubles in which wise, mediating influence would make all the difference. A doctor told an interviewer: “When I listened to the King’s broadcast on Christmas Day I knew it was the voice of a chronic bronchitis subject. I was horrified that he risked the English climate when such symptoms were, apparent, even to a practitioner who had never examined him.” The “Daily Express'” says that one in close touch with the King traced hjs illness to Christmas Day. After his broadcast the King was unable to takel part in the festivities and remained in hjs room throughout the holiday. Noj word concerning his indisposition was! allowed to mar the family’s enjoyment. His Majesty’s health did not! cause further uneasiness until Sunday,! January 12, when members of the Royal family, in the same pew at morning service, had occasion foil anxiety. The King refused to rest, after luncheon and insisted on in-j specting the horses on Sandringham! farm, after which he was exhausted, f