KISSED BY PRINCE
NOW TO ATTENDDUKE'S
WEDDING
(Received May 27, 2.10 p.m.)
MONTS, May 26.
Madame Mercier, wife of the Mayof of Monts who is to perform the mar* riage, has been invited, to. the Duke of Windsor's wedding.
The Tours correspondent of tha "Daily Mail" reported early this month that a story of the Duke kissing a pretty French girl on the Somme battlefield lies behind the. plans for his marriage. The Mayor of Monts, the nearest town to the Chateau de Cande, is Dr. Charles Mercier, whose wife* recalls that when King George V visited the Somme front during the, Great War,' British ■ headquarters wera situated in the village in which she resided. Her father frequently entertained officers, and she was' chosen to present a bouquet to King George, who thanked her and asked the Prince of Wales also to express his thanks. The Prince shook her hand" and kissed her on the cheek. . ■■"....
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1937, Page 10
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