PRINCE OF WALES

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 September 1924, Page 7

PRINCE OF WALES

; NERVOUS AND ILL. LONDON, September 3. There has been wide discussion of an American despatch purporting to describe an outburst by the Prince of Wales to a passenger on the Berengaria at 3 a.m. “Can you imagine the torment of having the eye of every person boring into you every second of every day?” the’Trince is reported to have asked. “I hate this bunk. It is loathsome. I have to go through endless and meaningless ceremonies. ’ ’ The editor of “The People’’ (Mr Hannen Swaffer) issues an appeal to give the Prince a chance. He says

that it is easy to understand the Southampton incident, when he refused to be photographed, even after 50 pressmen signed a round-robin asking him to appear on deck. He asserts that the Prince fled from Toquet and Deauville in order- to avoid the curious crowds there. The Prince appealed to the photographers, saying, “Please go away, lam sick to death. I can’t have one day to myself.” Mr Swaffer contrasts the Princes life with that of his grandfather, when the latter’s frequent visits to the National Sporting Club were not men r tioned, and he could do anything he liked without any attention. Constant photographing and paragraphing has got on the Princes nerves, and it is no wonder that he is Hooking nervous and over-strained. It is inconceivable that any human being can endure it much longer, says Mr Swaffer.