DUKE OF WINDSOR

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20510, 28 May 1938, Page 9

DUKE OF WINDSOR

BOOK ON ABDICATION NOT TO BE PUBLISHED EMBARRASSMENT TO ROYALTY United Pr A?sn.—Elec. ,el. Copyright LONDON, May 27 The Sunday Pictorial announces that, it acquired the rights to publish in serial form Mr Compton Mackenzies book entitled "The Windsor Tapestry." dealing with King Edward VIII. s abdication, and that it has forwarded Mr Mackenzie a cheque for CSOOO. the pnre arranged, but that it, intends not to publish Hie book. The paper declares: "This is not so much a defence of the Duke of Windsor as an attack on Hi o House of Hanover from Hie reign of George 1. to the inception of the reign of George A'. It is an embarrassment to the present King and Queen, and a disservice to the Duke himself. "We knew the book was designed to crush the ease of the ex-King’s critics. Instalments arrived from Mr Mackenzie showing that it savagely attacked Mr Baldwin and challenged the Archbishop of Canterbury. it analysed the performances of a host of personalities, but with a section entitled ‘Heritage,’ the book became a criticism of the Duke's ancestors.”

It was announced last December that the Duke of Windsor had refused to supply any information for a biography which Mr Mackenzie planned to write.

DINNER PARTY IN PARIS FAREWELL TO THE WINDSORS TO LIVE IN SOUTH OF FRANCE (United Pre#« A<?n.—Elec. T*i. Copvrlght) (Received May 28. 2 p.m.) PARIS, May 27 Sir E. Phipps gave a large official dinner party in honour of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor before their departure to take up permanent residence in the South of France. Three French Cabinet members were present, also leaders of the British Colony.