GONE TO FRANCE.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 302, 5 December 1936, Page 5

GONE TO FRANCE.

Mrs. Simpson Staying At Versailles. Press Association—Copyright. Received 10.30 a.m. London, Dee. 4. Mrs Simpson arrived at Dieppe early' this morning. A Central Press representative on .the same steamer says Simpson’s arrival aboard was a complete surprise. A car drove up just before sailing time, three men and a heavily veiled woman walked to the passport office,, quickly passed, and went to their cabins. A car was awaiting them at Dieppe. The party set off at 2 a.m and stayed at. Rouen till 11 a.m. Later they arrived at Paris whence messages suggest that Mrs Simpson is staying with Lady Charles Mendl at the Villa Trianon, Versailles. A Paris message says that the policte admit having been instructed yesterday to maintain .the strictest

secrecy regarding Mrs Simpson’s movements. It is, understood that she travelled to Paris in one of the King’s private cars The King, as Prince of Wales, had .tea at the Villa Trianon in the autumn of 1935. Mrs Simpson was also present for Lady Mendl is a great friend of hers. A cable from Dieppe received this morning, says that the men who accompanied Mrs Simpson are believed to be a detective and her secretary.