DUKE AND DUCHESS
GUARDED ON SIMPLON EXPRESS
VISIT TO VENICE
United Press Association—By . Electric TelegTaph—Copyright.
LONDON, June 4,
A message from Paris reports that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor boarded the Simplon express at...:La Rochemijelle at 12.15 a.m. They-tra-velled in a special coacli guarded by seven detectives! '"
The Paris correspondent of the British United Press Agency says that when the Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived at La Rochemijelle at 12.8 a.m., they walked the entire length of the platform to a special coach in the fore part of the train. The Duke was carrying some hand luggage, and beside him frisked three terriers.
The Duke and Duchess arrived at Lausanne at 6.25 a.m.,' where they were awakened by the jingle'of cowbells from a cattle train on a nearby siding. • " ■'■ • . ■
It is reported from Klarigenfurt, Austria, that since early yesterday morning the steep winding road which is the only access to the Castle Wasserlonburg has been strictly guarded by gendarmes. No strangers are permitted to invade the privacy of this medieval fortress, which stands higli on a thickly wooded hill.:
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 10
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181DUKE AND DUCHESS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 10
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