QUEEN’S ANXIETY

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1936, Page 7

QUEEN’S ANXIETY

LITTLE SLEEP TAKEN. KING’S LIFE .STRUGGLE. NO SOLID FOOD. LONDON, Jan. 20. While the Queen and members of the Royal Family anxiously wait in hope, the King lies in liis favourite room on the first floor of Sandringham House. The Queen’s room adjoins it. She visits the bedside as oiten >s she may. The Prince of Wales and the Dulse Of York, who yesterday went to London, will return to Sandringham touay. The Dulse of Kent, who drove his own car over roads made treacherous by a him of ice. arrived to-night, and learned iroin the Queen the latest news of his father.

'the Quen has left for only five hours since the rvmg s illness toon a serious turn oh January its. lire King, about whose bed two screens form an inner auu an ouuer barrier against draughts, conversed with his family - beiore the departure or the I'lince ot Wales and the Duke'of York lor London, the Prince ot Wales speaking with Ins father tor a lew minutes aidne. Ihe Qufeen and her sons later conversed UownaLUiis. Ihe Duchess of York.‘has several times telephoned to bandringham. The Duke of Kent went to ms lather s bedroom alter Ins arrival, the King chatted cheerfully and inquired alter the baby Prince Edward.

Lord Harewood and his sons. Lord Lasi/cues and Hon. Gerald Lascelles, grandsons ot the rung, joined in special prayers at the village church ai liarewood, \ orksliire. SPECIAL DIET. in order to preclude the slightest strain on his digestion and avoiu taxing ms heart the lving has had 'no solid touu lor three days, subsisting on a careiuiiy devised diet of warm liquids, given at frequent intervals .in small quantities, including barley water, anowrout, lemon juice, beei tea, and a special supply ot milk from the dairies on the estate.

The medical correspondent of the Times poults out taat while the King’s inness is not a recrudescence of that of seven years ago that 01deal must be borne in mind, since his recovery, though complete, entailed a heavy drait on Ins recuperative powers which could not easily be regained. The currency ot influenza throughout, the country adds to the doctors anxiety. 1 lie Kings illness has also >occurred in midwinter, when respiratory disease is always prevalent. Moreover, the recent death ot his sister appears.to have limited the range ot his efforts.

The opinion in medical circles is that the weather .is now more tav ourable to His Majesty. out that the recent hard frosts and dry cold aggravate bronchial cases today was warmy and su y . . , morning at Sandringham, but moist following overnight rain.

THE WORLD’S PRAY’ERS. Meanwhile, the civilised world is echoing “Amen ' to me prayer uissemmated all over the norm from me (Jnurch ot St. Mary lUaguaien, where the King worsnippeu on ounday week : “We pray especially lor our dovereign King Deurge, that by 'liiy hold amt power ne may be restored by thy gracious will to health ot body and nnnd.” Dr. Matthews, Dean of St. Paul’s, offered prayers at a broadcast service tor the King and the Koval I amily.. Princess n.nce and tile jjtike and Dueness ot toaxe-Uoburg Lotna were among a large congregation at Westminster Abbey last evening. The Dean, Very Kev. \V. roxley Norris, beiore Canon Darry invoked the .Blessing, walked to me top ot the chancel steps and ashed the congregation to kneel and pray lor inerr Majesties and the Royal physicians. ire added earnestly: "utir nearts are filled .with anxiety. Ihe whole nation is stirred. Though we may thank Dud that the King's strengtn is maintained, pray in your own ,voids and with your own thoughts, remembering how tile Royal Hoiisu has anvmvs caied for us and sympathised in every sorrow. We snail respond to his appeal at Christmas time to regard ourselves as members of his great. family in praying not only for the King and Sovereign and the Empire, hut tor him who has made us feel we are one.” CROWD AT PALACE. The postponement of a bulletin which was expected to be posted at 4 p.m. yesterday, increased the anxiety jof the crowd at Buckingham Palace, and many queued up with umbrellas in the wintry drizzle until misgivings were allayed by an announcement put on the notice board at 7.45 p.m.. which at least showed that His Majesty’s condition was static. The Prince of Wa’ies had returned to the Palace an hour and a quarter earlier. The crowd rushed forward and bared their, heads when the bulletin was exhibited. Those near the board read out the notice, which, amiql expressions of relief, was verbally communicated to those in the rear, while an official conveyed it by sign language to a group of deaf mutes of whom he was in charge.

Anxious crowds gathered at the Palace early this morning, including hundreds of workers passing through the park. Most of the motorists stopped and read the bulletin. A Palace official was so pleased with the news that His Majesty's condition was unchanged, indicating that he was carrying on the fight, that he shouted the news to the crowd before hanging the bulletin on the railings.

People were still arriving at the gates of Sandringham House at mid-nio-lit. They stood gazing at the lighted windows of the rooms adjoining the King’s room. Fifty police have been required daily to keep the crowds m check. ' Heavy rain fell in the early hours of this morning.

Newspapers publish brief editorials paying tribute to His Majesty.

The Times says: “There is no man alive to whom more hearts and minds in all nations of Ihe world wish health and strength than King George.

The* Daily Mail says: “Now, as peoples we are bound by a. personal link of affection to Their Majesties.

The Paris newspapers devote full page articles paying tribute to His Majesty’s greatness.