Trick On The King
The King (George V) told me, with some indignation, how his renunciation of alcoholic drink had come about during the war.
It seemed that Lloyd George had come to him much troubled about heavy drinking among munition workers, which, he said, was having an influence on output Could not an example be set by His Majesty? The King was reluctant, asked for more information and said he would consider it.
Whereupon Lloyd George went out and told everyone that the King had agreed. “A scurvy trick,” His Majesty thought.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29983, 19 November 1962, Page 7
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