SAD PARTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 296, 14 December 1936, Page 7

SAD PARTING.

EX-KING LEAVES ENGLAND.

TO LIVE IN CASTLE NEAR VIENNA. GUEST OF AUSTRIAN ROTHSCHILD. (By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright.—l\ec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, December 1 3. The Duke of Windsor left England in the early hours of yesterday morning aboard the destroyer Fury, and landed late in the afternoon at Boulogne. He joined the Basle express at night. The Duke is accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Piers Legh, who was his equerry when he was Prince of Wales, his personal detective, Detective-Inspector Storrier, and one member of his domestic staff. It was officially announced later from Kitzbuhel, Austrian Tyrol, that the Duke will stay at Enzefeld Castle, near Vienna, as the guest of one of the Austrian Rothschilds, with whom he stayed after his cruise in the Adriatic last summer. He was expected to arrive at 1 0. 1 5 p.m. and to proceed to the castle by car. The Duke did not leave the train until l 5 hours after leaving Boulogne. It was stated through Colonel Piers Legh that he had a comfortable journey and was grateful to 60 journalists and photographers who were accompanying him that he had been undisturbed. , The Duke's car. followed by others, including two brakes filled with luggage, arrived at Portsmouth dockyard at 12.20 a.m. Nobody was allowed inside the dockyard. The blinds of the car were drawn, and it was impossible to see who was inside. Only when naval officers saluted was it apparent that the authorities had prepared for the arrival. The Duke chatted with Admiral Sir William Fisher, Com-mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, who was last to bid him good-bye. Sad and Pensive Figure. The Duke, sad and pensive, seemed deeply moved, and did not speak as he boarded the destroyer. He stood on deck with strained face, watching the receding lights of Portsmouth, where his last visit as King was to review the Fleet on November 12. The Fury, which had been escorted across the Channel by another destroyer, the Wolfhound, arrived at Boulogne at 5 p.m., having been delayed by a fog. Hundreds of armed police held back a crowd of 6000 residents who had flocked to the harbour when it was known that the Duke was coming. The Wolfhound arrived and made fast alongside the railway terminus. President Lebrun's personal detective and five other police inspectors arrived in Boulogne to protect the Duke. Intense cold necessitated the Mobile Guards, who were keeping back the crowds, being changed every quarter of an hour. The Duke 1 anded from the Fury in the evening and walked alone on the quay for nearly half an hour, with his favourite Cairn terrier. He had previously intimated that he was travelling incognito, and accordingly, French officials who were hastening to welcome him, withdrew. Luggage in 43 Trunks. A special Pullman car, consisting of five state rooms and a kitchen, which was attached to the express, drew up alongside the Fury, and luggage consisting of 43 trunks was piled in. The Duke entered the saloon, and as the train started he raised his hat in response to the crowd's sympathetic cheering. Many newspapermen and photographers boarded the train. Precautions had been taken along the route to ensure the Duke's privacy, and guards assembled at all stopping places.