KING AND EMPIRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 6, 30 September 1937, Page 5

KING AND EMPIRE

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Strongly Entrenched in Hearts of People popullarity grows

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WELLINGTON, Last Night. Belief in the strengtk of the British monarchy which, he said, now stood sky-high in prestige, was confidently expressed by Colonel Llewellyn Partridge, Aide-de-Camp to the present King and his two immediate predecessors. . Colonel Partridge arrived by the Wanganella to spend a six nionths holiday in the South Island. "All Europe and, indeed, the world, apart from the British' Empire, waited to see the British monarchy break up at the time of Edward's abdication. but there is no eartlily chance of it, ' hq said. "Ci'owds o| sixty to seventy thousand attended football club games m England and Scotland, and 120,000 to 130,000 at bigger fixtures, 90 per cent. of them working class, and joined practically unanimously in singing the National Anthern before the games RtftTtfid.

"The present King is very popular und is p#'vmg many times more successiui than even the most optimistio tiad foreseen. He is growing more like his tather every day in speech and uianuer. "The people are not at all keen for the King to have a son and lieir. When tlie time eomes for Princess Elizabeth to marry, Parliament may be faced vvitli a diflScult situation, but, in view oi the precedent set by the present King m marrying a Scottish girl, Princess Khzabeth mighit easily tind a husband m Britain. That would please the Knglish people more than an alliance with European royalty.'' Colonel Partridge leaves to-night vvitli his vvife and family to spend a Uoliclay with his married daughter, Mrs , Roberi Butler, near JTiiruirju..