OLD FRIENDS
KING EDWARD AND COMMONERS. SERVICE TO, FATHER RECALLED. ENCOURAGEMENT AND CONFIDENCE. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This. Day, 10.0 a.m.) LONDON, February 4. It has been revealed in the House of Commons that after the presentation of Parliament’s Address to his Majesty, King Edward in air extempore addition to his reply, said: ‘The formality of this occasion is somewhat lessened by the presence of so many familiar faces. You all served my father in different Governments during his great reign. The sight of old friends, bringing to me this address, gives me encouragement, and confidence in the future.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 97, 5 February 1936, Page 5
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