SERVICE FOR NATION

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

SERVICE FOR NATION

THE KING OVERTAXED. THE CHRISTMAS BROADCAST. BEGINNING OF ILLNESS. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received January 21, 8.45 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 20. The weight of medical opinion is that the King lias overtaxed himself in the nation’s service, according to the Mirror. If the King had been simply a rich man he would have spent the last five or six winters out of England. No doubt the Royal physicians thus advised, but His Majesty overrode his doctors because he realised that this country was passing through troubles in which his wise, mediating influence would make all the difference.

A doctor told an interviewer: “When I listened to the King’s broadcast on Christmas Day l knew it was _ the voice of a chronic bronchitic , subject. I was horrified that he had risked the English climate when such symptoms were apparent, even to a practitioner who had never examined him.”

The Express says that one in close touch with tlie King traces the illness to Christmas Day. The King, after his broadcast, was unable to participate in tile festivities and remained in his room throughout the holiday. No word concerning His Majesty's indisposition was allowed to mar the Royal family’s enjoyment.

The King's Health did not cause further uneasiness until January 12, when tlie members of the Royal Family in tlie same pew at the morning service had occasion tor anxiety. The King refused to rest after lunch and insisted oil inspecting tlie horses at the Sandringham farm, after which he was exhausted.