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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, DECEMBER · 21, ̈· 1957.
EVEN THOUGH IT MEANT A BREACH
"We are not a family, we are a firm,” said- King George VI. He organised the firm with business offi- ciency. And the most important thing of all was that overy member of the firm must obey the rules
EN days after the of Ger-
Tdefeat
many, the King and Parliament of Great Britain celebrated the victory of a free people.
The two Houses of Parliament assembled in the Royal Gallery. The King, attired in naval uniform, came accom- panied by the Queen and the two Princesses.
The Lord Chancellor read nn address of congratula- tion from the House of Lords, and the Speaker one from the House of Com- monx. The King answerext in a prépared speech of thanks.
This ceremony was with- out precedent. The two Houser had nddressed monarchs for centuries. And Kings had replied. But always Jay
messengers. Never in this Intimato fashion, met together in one place.
As the King rose to leave
there came something still
George VI
kill
THE IMPROBABLE KING: PART 2
and
scuttle
by A. J. P. TAYLOR
than to lunch alone with the Queen, helping himself from a side-table. The King drank draught beer, the Queen somɑ- times a glass of claret,
more surprising. Winston words which Dawson used Ho ruled that the Duchess Churchil, the Prime Minis- years before when restored was not a Royal Highness, duty which his father had in his set worked. ter waved his top-hat in to
his editorial
family
enter
WAS
Large
In the evenings the would listen to the redio or, liter, watch television. George had a technical interest in these things from the earliest days Ho continued the tradition of and always wished to know how
His favourite radio chair: It was
a ruling he main- herited from Queen Victoria.
The new King abandoned his ciner during the war
Later he period tained throughout his reign. the air and cried: "Three "I must provide a cherry for his Majesty." of
own name and took his father's Tommy Handley. staidness, BECN of.
Bertie was almost as forgotten became enthusiastle for Danny
and made Lords 313111
VI Kaye RESENTMENT? Commons stodginess, after the upsets
David, And George. responded with full-throated we have been through,"
celebrated his father's birthday, collection of his records. acclaim. Solemn formality
harsh not his own, at the Trooping The preceding 10 months/HAT Inspired this
the Colour. By the end of his turned into a family party. must be rubbed out of exis- decision which created-an reign ho had
So schoolboys at the end tence.
irreparable bronch between the George V's handwriting. Duke of Windsor and his
King had A private of term cheer 4 popular
cinema where he watched.. Edward's coins had for family? headmaster. No other King tunately never been issued.
A portrait of George VI must Was it resentment at the role be drawn two
on
levels. most of the commercial suc
He know the Marx of Britain has received this Stampa could be speedily which the Duchess had un On one side, the quiet family man se simple,
by heart, but heartfelt tribute.
and towillingly withdrawn. The new Civil wittingly
who lived as thousands of pros- Brothers films
also a strong taste for George VI had indeed be- List contained no provision played? como "The People's King." for the ex-King.
it prompted by other perous members of the middle hud
clasa did in their suburban documentaries which members of the Royal Family? homes. On the other, the King his practical mind.
Ho Uked to run
the pro- SOME SENIOR PRIVY
was still Or did it spring from the who expressed the majesty and King's feeling that rules power of what
joeting machine himself, COUNCILLORS WERE were meant to be obeyed-by Great Empire.
he never wearled of
THE KING-MAKERS
THIS was a far cry from
Wao
the dark December day RESTIVE. THEY WERE himself and his family as much in 1036 when George TAKEN ASIDE ascended the Throne, Then
AND
he was inexperienced and TOLD THAT THE KING almost unknown. The British monarchy had sunk
HAD MADE A PRIVATE
us by othersT
Certainly this was his own rule. And George VI made it the centre of royal life.
He brought back the elderly Court officials whom his brother He moved had pensioned off.
all its emotional capital in ARRANGEMENT TO PAY the furniture back into its old Edward VII. His abdico-
tion was a blow from which, HIS BROTHER £25,000 À in the opinion of many YEAR TAX FREE. judges, it might never re-
cover.
VI
place.
YET
"
acquired
+
There was in George VI, one might say, nothing of the arla- toerat, though much of the monarch.
HIS CHOICE
satisfied
and stopping
a film in full course, holding comic an actor suspended in
one of his On pose or arresting daughters in mid-dive. parilcularly Kay nights ho would run a flin backwards. FEW FRIENDS George and Elizabeth ever developed an interest Ju
Thoy bridge.
were koen players during its He had no desire for private canasta
pomp. The new King and brief craze. But usually they Queen brought to Buckingham preferred round games with
his created
MODEST HUMAN BEING WHO relatively
BEHIND THIS BIGID DISPLAY. ARTIFICIALLY Palace the simple habits which the children.
had satisfied them in their home
As Duke of York, George Hence Parliament Could PROLONGED FROM HALF A in Piccadilly. And they never
had been skilled in tapestry changed.
and made admirable choir Three men put George on ignore the former Monarch. CENTURY REFORE, WAS A
Elizabeth
had covers. Later he found It George and the Throne; Stanley And not only Parliament,
few friends, and difficult to settle down to Baldwin, Prime Minister; George
theso for the most port anything Cosmo Gordon Lang, Arch- brother Duke of Windsor CARED LITTLE FOR CERE- little-known country gentle-
His only enduring hobby Canterbury; immediately
ta - whom bishop
they could on ascending MONY AND WHO SAID
was to collect campaign modals Geoffrey Dawson, editor of the Throne.
escape for a quiet week-end.
of the British Army, He him- OF HIMSELF: I AM JUST
In London George Kyed self designed the George Cross. With this his affection
rimost exclusively with his When younger, The new King might well
the Duke been family. He liked nothing better had have applied to himself was, it seems, exhausted. NOT PALACE-MINDED."
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