ROYAL BEREAVEMENT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1938, Page 7

ROYAL BEREAVEMENT

DEATH OF THE QUEEN’S MOTHER. LONDON, June 23. The King and Queen were present at the bedside of the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (mother of her Majesty), whose death was reported yesterday. , The Countess, who had a serious illness at her home in London toward the end of April, suffered a recurrence of heart trouble which ended fatally. It is officially stated that there will be no Court mourning as the result of the death of the Queen’s mother, the Countess of Strathmore. Their Majesties will observe family mourning. The death is unlikely to affect the plans for their Majesties’ State visit to Paris. The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne was formerly Miss Cecelia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck, daughter of the Rev Charles W. F. CavendishBentick, grandson of the third Duke of Portland. She was married to the Earl in 1881. Their golden wedding was celebrated on July 16, 1931, when they received' a gold cup from King George V and Queen Mary. There were five sons and three daughters of the marriage, the youngest daughter, the Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon becoming Duchess of York in 1923, and ultimately Queen. One son, the Hon Fergus Bowes-Lyon, a captain in the Scots Guards, was killed in action in 1915 at the age of 26. PLANS TO STAND ROYAL VISIT TO FRANCE NEXT MONTH • (Recd This Day, 9.35 a.m.) LONDON, June 23. It is officially announced that their Majesties will visit Paris from July 19 to July 22, and will unveil the memorial at Villers Bretonneux on July 22.