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Continuing a candid biography of the Queen's
THE DUKE WHO DRIVES A TANK
and breaks bounds to keep a 'date'
THE present Duke of Kent's
THE
tonsils once made news. He was a tangled-haired boy called Eddie. The war and his father's 'death in a crash on a forlorn Scottish hillside had yet to come.
Eddie and his treacherous tonsils were moved smartly to a public hospital. This was regarded da something of a sensation to a nation trained through the years to pon- derous bulletins pinned to palace gates.
Royalty fust didn't go to publio hospitals! But Eidle did and he promptly asked the flustered matron: "How many bricks are there in this building?"
Malcon sald she would ask the architect. Buł as she made her rounds that evening she found Eddie sitting up in bed, his father reading to him. "I know how many bricks there are now," he boasted. My father told me. My father knows everything."
I'M A LIAR
but don't tell
S the Duke left the, hospital the matron asked
how he knew. Sald the Duke: "Oh, I only
guessed. But don't tell my son I'm a liar."
A great many wide les must have been told In the Kent househalt around this time, for Eddie
was no Inquisitive child Indeed.
the boy
When the family was ot Copplns combined his endless curiosity with a passion for working the bacon slicer in the village shop, getting under the feet of the ducal chauffeurs as they serviced the cars.
And many a scrvant at | Sandringham has
foot grown sore searching over the treat acres for the lost Prince. Every- one knew he would be found within earshot of the clatter.
traclor's
The stat was that Sandring- ham possessed so many tractors. Looking back, it seems quite inevitable that Prince Edward would end up driving a tank.
But in those sunlit days such an idea was unheard of,
Where else could a young Prince spend his military le but in the Brigade of Guards?
Already Palace heads WCTE being scratched. What can you do with a young Prince who quite clearly ts more interested in the mortar mixer than the engraved foundation stone?
Who would rather pick up the oily spanner than the cere- monial trowel?
were
gay
cousin
A mert of the Berwickshire funt: With the Duke (left to right) : Mr. II. Trotter, Miss J. Williamson, Mr. M. Shennan (Scots Greyu), Miina 1. Newban
The only hat to wear was an odd affair introduced by the Princess. It had curling ostrich Leathers.
telephoned the village and die- Dovered Jila Erissing entertaining the girls.
puplis
eushions, water- Squeaking He knew down to his The Births and Deaths Regis spend tration Act says the birth must list d. what to buy.
squirting flowers and fireworks One morning he looked glam
have all had their day ** be registered within six weeks,
Queen Mary asked him
Coppinur. * It was on the very last of the and
why. days before the Duko ot
Edward uttered a phrase And such was the feminine Keni put his signature to the
which was to coho through the odulation of the Princess that birth certificate.
years. "I worried about the heart cry went out:
rising prioca," be moaned.
are
Ostriches were in for a rough
time.
The B.B.C., with its sense of occasion, banned as bad form on innocuous song entitled "Welcome Marina,”
45
door
When they reported back "Kent," as they called him, was prominent among the bounds breakers.
His life at Le Rosey over, it was obvious Itrat the Duke would have to have a spell in the Services. He deelded la inspect the Army's prospects.
From Sandhurst he joined the Royal Scots Greys, a regiment noted for its clan and ita toughness. lic settled down immediately.
Buon the There
is hard to conceive that only 160,000lb. of the young man
who is now
At this time he was becoming feathers in the world."
known chiefly for his girl an avid reader, especially of his friends was in his early days a weekly comic, and he was going
He became very popular with the men he led
not only subject for an entire empire's to the village kindergarten.
It was a hot August afternoon
becauso they ted having • preoccupation.
Medical experts sought to when six-year-old Prince
reyal Duke far o subaltern prove that his weight at birth Edward stood at the
One day at a Royal Engineers but for his obvious desire to waving goodbye as his father depot on the const an adjutant know what was going on about 0lb. 12oz. was ideal,
The Duke had rushed up to his C.O. und said him. drove away. come home on 72 hours' leave to with some alarm: "There's a attend the christening of Indy and two youngsters just Edward's baby brother, Michael come up in a car and she says
Less than 24 hours later he she's the Duchess of Kent."
His aircraft had was dead.
The Prince's grief crashed. was very real. It was not just sorrow that overtook the happy family at Coppins.
And practically every gic! engaged that your Insialed on a sapphire engagement ring.... Just like the Frincess's.
It
Reliet was expressed that he had missed; the Daylight Saving change-over by three days. might have affected his s:cep- ing.
Then there was the vexatious problem as to whether Princess and her sister
If the country went hystericat, then Queen Mary shared a joy. Her daughter-in-law to be Elizabeth
was as blue-blooded a chalce as Margaret were going to ace him
could be found in the Almanach in his bath. de Gotha....that index of
royalty.
Queen Mary laid much sture by such things.
There
plenty of
Prince With royalty to mould her courtiers to point out
early days; emigre poverty Edward's upbringing and my
democralle that such a result was only to to have taught her
living, her new country at her be expected.
The whole thing went back to feet, and, above all, with the her ally, Princess Queen of England that day the lovely
Princess Marina was to prove a Marina arrived in Britain.
wife And by The country gave her a recep- remarkable
standards unique tlon which
made
Marilyn Palace Monroe's arrival over here scem mother for the baby who was to Duke of the present as impressive as a dandelion at become
Kent. a flower show.
He became, for instance, the
to be born
Within days the only colour
for women was Marina Blue. first Prince
a
ETON-BOUND
At four months
o crown it all, one sunny day the Duke of Kent was seen the princely pram pushing round the garden.
Those were still the days of the formidable nannies. They Such a declara- were supreme. tion of independence by a father ....even a royal one....was unheard of.
INCREDULOUS Till she smiled
This could have been embar- rassing for every subordinate concerned if the Duke had not quickly shown an aptitude for turning a Nelsonlan eye when it was needed,
He has never tried to buy his is t popularity although he It was very nearly disaster. The Duchess of Kent became
THE C.O. retorted that in that rich young man. He has confined his activities to sponding his ill with shock. There were
case he
was the King of many weeks when her listless- Ruritania,
It was then that the money on tea and cakes for his men when they are on exercises. ness alarmed the doctors.
Duchess herwell walked smiling graciously and explained The Duke has just been
assistant that her son Edward would like appointed
ndjutant to have a look round.
with the Buyal Scots Greys ab and Inst week The embarrassed commanding Catterick, officer sald that was splendid appeared
All the time the new young Duke, reserved and mouried alone.
shy,
It was Queen Mary who put matters to rights,
She
said
up
the
in
the
role
of court
cocktail
spoke strongly 10 her but could he first telephone his assistant prosecutor at a daughter-in-law. Silff-backed and stern, she reminded her of wife and worn her of luncheon martial,
"Oh, no," guests. her children's needs.
Duchess. "We have brought car It may have recalled to him Duchess came Slowly the
the time when he first sat in own food," But it back into the world.
at a court martial for the After a tour of the workshops experience. Then he heard all At four months Prince was a long time before anyone
the Kent family got back in about Edward was entered for Eton. in an
dare mention the name of the As he grow ali Duke at Coppins. who met
him marked on similarity in appear ance and tempera- ment to his father.
And Queen Mary wrote to
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re- To some extent the Duchess
his faced the same problem as any other war widow with a young family. The question of Ita bringing-up was vital.
their car and the Duke produced a plenie hamper.
Then there was
the 17th
gave 412
birthday trip to the Far East.
The Sheik of Bahrein gave him a vicious looking scimitar: She decided that the Kent's and Dyak trackers a friend: casy-going way of life should equally lethal sword.
He sat at the control of n The children would 8.0.A.C. aircraft, in the cock "George is almost a continue.
still eat their meals with hor divinity in the eyes instead of his son."
Every morning the and being banished to the back- ground. They should still mix toddling Prince would repair to his parents' bedroom and insist with the commoners around the
princely gates, on n pillow fight, Every' aven- ing he would spend hours with
ordinary house in a London square. It had no name. Just o number:-
3, Belgrave Square. There was all the usual fuss them.
at the time. The 1lome Secretary
in Wis
the house Already breaking down was eipping champagne together the tradition that royal chlidren with an impressive seisėtion of are not heard and rarely seen. doctors.
THE WISH That came true.
It is raid that the Duchess, recalling the elaborate Couri life she had led as a child, and the freedom she had when her uncle's throne toppled, had decided her children would not ba frustrated by ancient eliquette,
Very soon the new Duke of Kent was accustomed to travel- ling by bus and tube, going shopping, standing in cinema queues.
STIFF FEES · Out of bounds
some rum.
parties.
one
metal polish
He looked very bored until a wliness gave evidence as to how the metal polish was refined by straining, it through a duster.
The royal subaltern
made hasty notes about that.
For a long time the Duke was completely content. But now of following tradition plt of a Vampire, handled the as that vague youthful softness recedes from his face it is very heim of a Naval launch, ftred
tanks, and drank easy for anyone to identify him guns, drove
at a quick glance as a member His mind was made up. He of the Royal Family. wanted the
He finds it harder to be mechanised Army
rip-roaring gang of for a career. First the Duke had of the
from the Junior Army officers. to seek permission Queen. This ho did and she There was a pub in Catterick with his he often went to was quite agreeable.
But that trip to the Far East friends for a drink and n game But once he was WD3 not just prescribed to of darts. give the Duke à preview of recognised he had to leave. Ho military life. It wita derided became the interest centre of that it would do no harin for staring customers who eat with him to have a deeper insight their glasses untouched before Into the formal royal manner in them. He did much for the trade of that layern. People AND happiness came back. public occasions.
So by his mother's side he used to follow him in. The Duke celebrated the
Even when he got in his car end of the war by swinging in learned.
drove away ho "Peter Pan” REFORE the birth actually
harness across a It was noticeable that et each and happened, at five minutes
London stage.
slate function he always looked followed, to the Duchess before he com- That is why he has sold his past two on an October morning
Certainly 1 seems so. The in 2035, there had been a most Kents, out of all
He went to the royal
a prep rehool mitted himself. She would giva Repler with the tell-talo KT remarkable display of wishfull children, were
near Wokingham, Berkshire,
a hardly perceptible nod or a registration (it indicated his the only ones From there he went to Eton, headshoke. taloking.
The Duke obeyed position as seventh in line for went for a seaside
was afflicted by sinus with alacrity,
the Throne) and bought AD Bummer, East- But he Led by the mother-to-be and holiday every
trouble and asthma, and it was
From that moment until today Aston Martin. He hopes it will Queen Mary the whole nation bourne, Sandwich, and Liitle- decided to send him to Switzer- the Duke was to be in and out cloak his movements,
the favourite was convinced she would give hampton were
He went to that famous land.
of the public eye with the resorts. Sandcastics, paddling, hirib to boy.
their school of kings at Le Rosey. The occasional motoring Incident,
· ice-creamng and The Duchess of Kent did
stiff and the pupils high spirited party, or yet sa- foes were delights. more than predict it. She left
illustrious. The Shah of Perala. other girl friend to remind the that to the astrologers who were When war broke out the lease King Baudouin of Belgium, and world that he exists. unanimous in forecasting a now of 3, Belgrave Square had been the King of Siam are all old He had a fine time at Sand- He was rapidly identified and Prince, The Duchess set to work
hurst. The feeling of being at the line of folk happily waiting niven up. for the Koats were boys. and decorated the
The fresh- air helped the a
fragrance of the third floor
rather
uproarious pubile In the oily Tho. nursery in blue and while, Ued about to go to Australia.
was to be Governor Duke's health. He also learned school where high spirits were evening multiplied amazingly.
important
academics The Duko fled but not before a blue bow over the cot and General With the first air-raid to be less retiring. His choco- as
he had got his newspaperful.) bought a toy motor-car.
warning this plan wes burriolly late drinking excursions too embraced and entranced him.
And high spirited he can be. Now with his new car he will So Prince Edward George cancelled. The Duke wanted to village cafe Introduced him to
a local Anishing All the Kents are practical be able to range farther and Nicholas Paul Tatrick was born. stay in Britain. So the Kents the girls at
Jokers and pre eminent wklor for his fish and chips. In the acclaim at such * made thel- wartime home in schoo£,
One night a master' walked customers at a celebrated joke round the boys' sleeping chalets shop in London's Halborn. The of nature son vital feet was. This young Prince we now and discovered, several of them Duchere has been known
getting Od. a week and to were empty.
The headunga ...a man of the children came home from want to the villago: mwaotshop
school. experienot,... morning to opalderable -øvery : Saturday
who ever
Duko
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