THE LAST ILLNESS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 124, 21 November 1925, Page 13

THE LAST ILLNESS

SOME PERSONAL DETAILS. LONDON, 20th' November." Queen Alexandra had been in the I :i!'iil ol rising late, and it wasfjfpßaring I v tune when she ordinarily dressed v'f'» she was attacked with, faihtness.; liti iiilemliints, realising the seriousness d l' Ihe attack, immediately communi-c'l-il with Dr. Jeune Willans, living /i unit- distant, who hastened to Sandnn: 1 nm House. After that Sir Thomas ■11 irdei ■ v. as summoned, and a messen-;.-fi was despatched to find the King, V"t i was shooting. King George hast ■mp-I I*, tlie l)edside.

f-'ir Thomas' Horder took train from I nri'lfin In King's Lynn, where a motor-r-ir whs awaiting him. He confirmed t''P Feins of Dr. Willans, and the. bull!'''n was issued. It wsi« found necessary to administer f^'v'cii It is understood, however, that On-cri Alexandra did not lose conscious(,)ii»en Mary, whose intention it had I'-pii to lunch with a shooting p^arty, . !>■■!■■ io ( ] 1,-, Sandringham House from Yn-.-li Cottage when she heard the n—••«; The King arrived almost im--p.».|i:,".,|v, r and met Queen Mary, who ■11-"I 1-" in lr;irs.. . -. Tl'-ir Miiiesties' guests departed for l-tidun in the evening, and the house |i..-lv broke up. Lute in the evening Queen Alexandra s^ltpcl urgently for Mrs Cole, her devotnd personal servant, who for many yn.irs has acted as her dresser. Mrs. C<>'" was taken to the bedside. The villagers are deeply grieved. Ounrri Alexandra has always been loved nnd popular among- them. Since her retirement she has been seen daily driving in the neighbourhood, and she I'l-w and talked to many of the'resir'nnts. Contrary to previous reports. <~Nopn Alexandra has not been driving rlnrin? the past few days. It is nearly a week since she! took her favourite motor ride to King's Lynn.