KING’S SHADOW
UNKNOWN DETECTIVE
RETIRE-MET AFTER 14 YEARS
LONDON, January 20,
A man who has guarded the King ffrir 14 .year's—-Superintendent Wil liana George Cole—retired last month.
The King and Queen said goodbye to him at a special audience at Buckingham Pailace, before they left for 'Sandringham. The King invested Mr Cole with the M.V.O.
'Mr Cole has shadowed His Majesty on eve'fy occasion that lie has been out of doors since 1920. Few people outside Court circles have realised that, the tall distinguished looking man with the diose-ci’opped moustache who has been constantly but unobtrusively near the King was a police officer. Immaculately dressed, with a soldierly carriage, Superintendent Coles task has been to be on the spot always, but to keep himself from public attention as much as possible. Tne fact that he is unknown means merely that ho has done his job well. When the King paid a Private visit or attended a public function, Mr Cole first planned the journey and then followed His Majesty closely. Because of Ins careful arrangements he has never had to deal with, any untoward 'licidcnts while in attendance on th c King. As a youth of 19 he joined the police force at Islington in 1901. He was transferred to Scotland Yard the following year and gained rapid promotion.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 January 1935, Page 5
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