FALSE RUMOURS

Grey River Argus, 7 August 1937, Page 3

FALSE RUMOURS

About Duchess of Windsor ROYAL JEWELS AND NAZI CIRCLE. [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] LONDON, August 5. The Duchess of Windsor never had any of Queen Alexandra’s jewels, states a correspondent of the London "Star,” for whose reliability the “Star” vouchers. The article quotes Helena'Normanton, who visited the Duchess before the wedding, saying, with the fullest approval of the then Mrs Warfield: "The Duke of Windsor never at any time inherited any jewellery from any member of the Royal Family. Mrs Warfield has never been in possession of any jewellery ever owned by Queen Alexandra.” The article deals with rumours emanating from the French Press, that the Duchess lent a ready ear to Nazi propaganda, which apparently originated in an unfounded rumour that she was a member of Herr von Ribbentrop’s circle, regarding which Mrs Warfield told Helena Normanton she was only in Herr von Ribbentrop’s company, twice at receptions, ana ne'ver alone. She never had more than a few words of small talk. “I took no interest in politics,” she said. The article says that the Duke of Windsor has so far made no answer to his traducers, but his friends know how deeply he has been wounded by slanderous tongues. It hurt and dismayed him to find how widespread had been the circulation of the most fantastic rumours about the Duchess and himself.