DUKE OF WINDSOR

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXV, Issue 12306, 21 April 1937, Page 2

DUKE OF WINDSOR

BRITISH OPINION London, April 18 “It is time,” declares the Sunday Referee, “that the facts of the abdication of Edward VIII. were viewed in a sincere, honest Tight, detached from sentimentality and without unnecessary deification of an unwilling King.” "It is unnecessary to criticise the Duke of Windsor, and,” it adds, “equally unnecessary to glorify his shirking of duty into an idyll, to describe it as one of great love stories of all time, and to set up the exKing as a figure of legend and song.” “This creates something unfairly overshadowing the present King, who has been called on to assume the duties his brother should have undertaken. “Calmly and without fuss, and inspired by his father’s example, he took on the task and is fulfilling it with a magnificent sense of duty. As the days pass, his great work will be recognised. “It is a little unworthy at this stage to attempt" to forge an Edwardian legend, as books, magazine articles and newspaper headlines have attempted to do ever since the abdication.” The AA’cildiiif’ 1 Date The Tours correspondent of the “Empire News” asserts that the wedding of the Duke and Mrs Simpson is expected to take place at the Chateau Conde on May 31. Mrs Simpson, the correspondent adds, is running the place at her own expense in the absence of Mr Bedaux, an American. “I must get accustomed to managing an important household, and there is no better opportunity,” she told friends, adding, “When Mr Bedanx returns, he will have nothing with which to find fault.” King as Fashion Leader The “Sunday Referee” slates that King George has replaced the Duke of Windsor as the world’s fashion leader, the ex-King’s clothes having become 100 freakish. United States firms, it states, have sent representatives to watch every detail ot his Majesty's clothes, which are marked by iupeccable taste, extreme conservatism ami neatness. His double-breasted lounge suits are always buttoned.