"A FAMILY MAN"

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22350, 22 February 1936, Page 32 (Supplement)

"A FAMILY MAN"

SIDELIGHTS ON THE KING As far as it is possible for a bachelor monarch, King Edward VIII. intends to maintain the domestic example set by his father as a quiet,, family man, says an overseas correspondout. - His mother will act as . his .hostess, and as he has been devoted i to. his sister, the Princess Royal, since he was a small boy, he has already asked her to assist. Queen Mary ,as hostess, though her state of health precludes her undertaking any arduous duties at present. The King's accession to the throne revives • the old question, _ '' Will 2 he marry?" The names of many illustrious women have been linked 1 with his,' but ' the Prince has remained. steadfast in his determination not to'be, as hie himself has said, "bossed. by a woman.", Not long ago, discussing marriage with a friend, he said, "During twelve hours of the day I am what others want me to be. For the rest of the time I like to be myself. If I were married I would spend that time being what' my wife wanted me to be." . Many of the. stories bearing on his unconventionality are well authenticated. Only a few years ago a young Australian aviator practising loops over Brooklands spotted an aeroplanelettered G.A.A.L.G. The Prince, was in the cockpit and the co-pilot in the rear seat. At the end of one loop the Australian waved a salute. The Prince immediately looped, and as he flattened out. waved a return salute. When the aeroplane landed, the Prince sauntered over and examined the Australian's machine, complimented him on" his flying, and stood him a drink at the bar with the easy informality of one flyer with another. On the other hand, when the Prince visited a London music hall, on entering the seat stall accompanied by a man friend, a woman sitting nearby excited exclaimed, " There's the Prince." She rose to her feet, others followed." The Prince leaned over to her and coldly asked, " Madam, am I never to have a moment's privacy?" 'The people immediately resumed their seats and the Prince sat out the show undisturbed. While King George was a typical country gentleman with the majority of his intimate friends, King Edward is a Londoner, with the Londoner's traditional love of a " spot of garden-