MESSAGES TO KING
EXPRESSIONS OF LOYALTY. MRS SIMPSON'S HEALTH. VARYING REPORTS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received December 8, 10.10 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 7. His Majesty was out walking in the grounds at Port Belvedere in brilliant sunshine this morning after an icy night. Hundreds of messages of loyalty are pouring in at Port Belvedere, every mail necessitating extra deliveries. Mr W. T. Monckton, K.C., is again at No. 10 Downing Street. The Daily Sketch says Mrs Simpson is il), but the Daily Mail saj-s she is only very tired and is remaining in bed.
The Daily Telegraph says that Lord Brownlow, Lord-in-Waiting to the King, escorted. Mrs Simpson from London to Cannes. MR CHURCHILL'S TRIBUTE.
Proposing the King's health at the Anglo-Ereneh Society, Mr Winston Churchill said: Having known His Majesty' since his childhood, I am perfectly sure that never, either in the letter or the spirit, will he be found to act contrary to the Constitution. The Daily Mirror contains an unconventional front page. "God Save the King" supersedes the reduced title line, then, in the boldest type, are five questions including:— "Will the Government approach the Dominions to reconsider their verdict against the King's consent to marriage?" "Would abdication mean the King's exile r""
These questions are sandwiched between still larger type: "Forty-five million demand to know!" and, "And then they will judge!"
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 8, 8 December 1936, Page 7
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