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'CURES' FOR THE QUEEN - BY POST
London.
the beautiful grounds of Buckingham Palace - IN
the Queen recuperated from what must have been the most miserable and painful ten days of her life.
Sinusitis, us thousands whe have suffered from I have reas on to know, is a wretched all- men-and bring a monarch doesn't make it any less so.
Like any other acute sufferer the Queens bud to go to be', and stay here. Instead of her ceaseless round of activities, The had to lle quietly most of the ciny
wrestling with the really severe headaches that reduce an ordinary bradache to tusigni- Пcance.
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Her les come as something 0! shock to the ordinary people of Britain. It was as if A busy housewife, on whom the whole family depete's, had sud- denly collapsed,
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What IS sinusitis real sim- sitis ko the Queen had, the social ng that covers thy thing from a stuffy nose 16 hangover?
Let's go back to the day when,
the Queen was driven from the Itoval train to her home, con- selous of little but the blinding can in her head and her desire to get to the blessed comfort of beth.
Release from the never-ending pressure of work must have been
teal Jellef,
Bo
who works as anyune round-the-clock hours Iving in bed day after day is a knows,
frustrating business,
By-
PETER NELSON
in the courtyard ng baw
window. Sinushis beneath ber or up!, the Queen insisted that he continued as usual,
FIELD-MARSHAL
LORD HARDING
NOW SPEAKS:
This is the
reason for Cyprus!
Field-Marshal Kord Starding
WA Governor of Cypru for two years from 18ss.
any
But he was not lo be Cyprus air bases and our com- in the istand 19 mand post WHAT is happening hope and belief that it would
moke it easier for tlie Egyptian convinced. in the Middle East Government and people to I am sure that we were indispensable to making
relain litory effort in the air or on today proves only too cooperate with us and our allles sound in deciding to
in resisting the pressu="C of sovereignty over the island... fund in support of our ailles' in well how right we were international Communism. while at the same time leading the Middle East.
If those hopes had matured the people forward to to ensure our use
Egypt and
had become
government. Cyprus,
member of the Bagdad Pact, and been followed in that course
of
Towards the end of 1953 1 was looking forward to a peace- before I ended my tenure of office as Chlet of the Imperial General Staff.
ful time
"
Naturally I had been deeply Interested in the Cyprus prob Jem.
self-
It has been frequently cialm-
by Jurdan and Syria, the needed that the Cyprus air bases are for И substantial contribution valueless because, being in u by the United Kingdom to the small island, they are peculiarly military strength of that defen- vulnerable to nuclear weapons.
That is a fallacy. sive cganisation, and hence the importance of the Cyprus bores, would have steadily diminished,
Strategy
Put Forward
we
I
That is why I am sure that if the new plon for Cyprus put by Uhu Government forward does not guin the support of The Creek Cypriots and the
then Greek Government, Under current conditions the must go ahead with the primary vulnerability of air bases stems task I had as Governor..
And As a member of the Chiefs
Sxed polits, restoring law and order. from their being of Staff Committee I had studied
each one covering a compara- ensuring that the air bases and installations . In and the problem of the island
lively large area, and because of other military had Commu to the conclusion As it is the reverse has hap the sensitivity of the inst the island we securely hold and ̈ ̈ that Britoir must malatan pened. The Importance Cyprus menta on which they depend for always avaliable for use,
When this had been dono sovereignty over Cyprus for as a “place d'armes," to use the efficient working.
0:1
original expression in the agree
agreed to a period of relaxation indefinite period."
In order
political to see if a ment of 1878 between Disraeli
agreement could be reneked, and the Sultan, has increased.
The news from the Island Not only for us but for our
to these last few weeks seans alles
show that unless those who can of cessation brig about violence take immediate steps to ITILIst do su overriding priority
to the once again be given restoration of law and order.
security With the present organisation it can be done.
the Becurity But meantime. forces need and deserve the sup- port of Parliament and public opinion at hame.
it And we need- ed-and need-it as n lodging post for un immediate Army re- serve in the Middle East area,
There were three reasons. We needed and need Cyprus 15 00 ak base. We needed taken up and brandished about
need-the Island s and by people who don't think a
conimand post. nose elegant enough to fully be called a stuffy nose. Her fral dally visitor --- "Sinnellis is the most abusett apart from Prince Philip, who word in medical, terminology." eame in from his adjoining
He cited the
of the room to see his wife and dis- cuss his day's activities was olles lypist who tings up the
Weir. He her personal physicton, Sir John buss and says: "Sorry I won't reported for condi- be in today--I've got a bad cold tion to the other specialists and a bit of a headache." calling later each day.
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Important
Vulnerable
move As we
forward toto
and era all-missile
the I remember telling Arch- the
tliat Makorius
the problems of range and accuracy bishop
uil nirfleks of current strategie interests of the are solved U.K. and her alles made it im- present-day type on this planet practicable for her Majesty's will be equally vulnerable, Government to sei date for The effectiveness of air power
of self-deler- based on manned bumbers de the application mination to the island.
prnds today among other
multiplicity things on Interchangeability of airfields.
For that reason the two uir- Helds in Cyprus are of great As like as not the boss will
irled to convince him-that, importance until the all-missile smark,bacit: “I've got to work
like everything else in human era is reached.
In the meantirnu I am com- when I've got
requiranentr cold-why
affairs, strategie U
vinced thot are subject to change.
the
the use of shouldn't you?"
During her illness, the Queen
Seme me atler breakfast the was looked after by her thro personal maids-Scotswomen Queen's bedside 'phone rary "Bobo" MacDonald (who has a call from the Queen Mother, personal mail was been with her since childhood). Then her
But if the girl rings up and Jizzie MacGregor, and Isobel brought in ~ and like any other says mournfully: "My sinus muther. the Arsi thing the trouble is bothering me again," Queen Janked for was the little the boss will probably sym- blue envelope bearing the pathise. Take the week off. I
10:5.
The Queen's day began with
"Bobo" rousing her about 8 square writing of her son. know how awful you must feel."
.. with a cup of tea and ü bis, ull. Then the newspapers, A pil of them which, despito her illness, she went through og usual untii b.eakfast on a tray just before 9 o'clock.
This is the time when Pipe- pale, weary and in mugiding poin, Major McDonald has bis "morn
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Said the spechulst, smiling: "See what I mean? I would say that of every 100 people whu say they have sinus troutle only one second day Prince is suffering from true sinusitis, Charles wrote to his mother, Princess Anne had a cold during "It's not that people conscious-
Every
General the early part of her mother's ly exploit the word.
lness and wasn't able to go preclitioners often tell
them and see her. Later, she was a they have sinusitis, meaning a feequast visitor.
general term covering a multi- fude of minor ailments. Nor are Sir Michael Ademne, her prl- the doctors wrong to use it in vate secretary, visited the Queen that sense, for it is a convenient almost dally staying just lang lebel as a precautionary diagno- chough in the moinbyg to sis." sequelet her with the mast Im portant politiest developments and to allow her to inspect the more urgent State papers
During her me in bed, the Queen dipped Into the latest periodicals, novels, whodunits."
n
But prolonged reading didn't help the headaches, so she spont most of the time just dozing.
Sometimes in the evening Prince Philip sat with the Queen watching TV.
The Queen itad a set strate- gically placed on St window ledge. adjusted to the right height so that she could watch without raising her head from the pillow.
The specialist pointed at me: But I can
tell you this--il REAL sinusitis. anyone gets Hke the Queen, they'll know the difference. It can be mest painful complaint,
Nowadays hy using drugs, the need for surgery in serious cases has largely disappeared, For every 100 who had sinus operations before 1933, there are only live today.
* ⭑
"In really bad cases where surgery is all required," went on the specialist, "a plece di bone may have to be cut away to drain off the fuld locked in
She could control it the sinuses, from a panel of knobs at her bedside.
*There are degrees of One difference about being sinusitis ranging from mildly
I when you
are Britain's Monarch is the big Increase in personal mail from all over the world.
--Cables, telegrams, letters from wellwishers
poured
Into Bucklogham Palace, many of them from inusitis sufferers offering her Majesty their own pot cures,
Dcute lo
severe. chronically An attack may inst only four days, clear up by itself, and never recur."
WIN the Queen'a recur?
attack
"Impossible to say," said the specialist, "Perhaps the X-nys. phe had taken will give some ladicalion. This is the first time sinusitis has been mentioned in medical bulleina from the Palace, so it is quite possible it is an isolated attack."
The What, then, is the quid? How
Queen's illness came serious is sinusitis? I went to a during another of thoor bactic famous Harley Strect ear-and-cmcial tours which would lay throat specialist to ßnd out. most people fat from sheer
exhaustion.
The Queen was suffering from true sinusitis a concise medical she kept 33 separate engage- During her trip to Scotland term which is not to be confused ments-10 of them on the slay with fashionable" sinusitis, before her breakdown. Through- vague label used by the sophisticates instead of a bad but that day, while baking
hands with cold," pouralgia," or "p head- smiling here, chatting there, e so many people,
must have felt dreadful. funny thing about 1 wonder how many of her the meaning of words," mused subjects, feeling like alo, did, the specialist, "Especially would have been able to got words with medical connec through such a toxing day, and tion. Although ainusitis has still show M armillage, un- always been with the
It has complaining face to the world at only in the last few years been the aid of it?
neho."
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Cyprus was to be a replace- ment for the Canal Zone,
And as C.I.G.S. I wanted this to be fulfiled.
When we evacunted the Suc Conal and handed over our ale fields, workshops, and depots there to Egypt we did so in the
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A
ARMY MAY USE NAVAL BARRACKS
THE
THE Army may take over the Roval Nuval Barracks, Chatham, whose centuries' old link with the sea is to be broken in the next three years because of naval economies. The War
Department are negotiating with the Admimity over the future of the barracks, which have been classed unsuitable for industrial or educational use. This was re- Issued vealed in a statement after Mr Jultan. Amery,
Under Secretary for War, received a deputation from Gillingham, who are, seeking land now owned by the War Department for in- dustrial development.
NAVY COOKS
SHOW PACES
TWOOD
He replied that he foresaw up always deploying that argument as a permanent barrier to self- determination.
ROUND-UP
and
а
For their task is alimply
ono
of ensuring the defence and
Dritain vital interests of
the and
the Commonwealth.
weight of the biggest trout caught this season In the whole of North Westmorland and East Cumberland, Tom's trout is the third biggest caught in the Eden since records of catches were begun. It is almost tw!ec 19 large as the biggest trout pre- viously caught locally this sea-
son.
Chelveston's nee WAR IN THE AIR
In Davis, who has often watched
baseball games at the base de elded to have a try himself. He faced up to pitcher and
manoged lo slut him out of
few the infeld a times. Mr Davis, an ex-Metro- pollian policeman, is keen
cricketer.
be able to buy the results. contrust to a display of modern Bey equipment will be another of Naval food of olden days when, according to a statement in Parliament 1703, ten men aied from bad food for every one killed by shot. Other at
will be the Navy's tractions fatest guided missiles, aerobatics by Fleet Air Arm ateraf!, physical training displays and mased bonds,
VICAR IN BASE- BALL MATCH
2
STRONG defence of the present role of manned air- clafi in war is made by Squadron Lender Gerald Bow- man in his book "War in the A which surveys the history that nertal warture. "I believe, at the present stage in history, that' the hydrogen bomb-carrying 24 hours of getting bomber, because of. Ils ringe
BOY'S CATCH A RECORD
WITH Ashing licence Tom and recuracy, is and will remain
Noble, 13, of Thanet Terrace, for a long time a more potent Appleby, Westmorland, caught strategical weapon than tho (Inter-Continental
prepared by trainee star player in a baseball trout weighing dibs, 10 ounces, I.C.B.M.
game between two United 26 inches in length and with a Ballistic Missile)," he says. He States Air Force teams, Chelves- girth of 14 inches. Using mag- quotes the parallel of the In- on and Greenham Common, at gols as boit Tom went fishing in fantry who will have to be re- tained for the occupation of Chelveston, Northamptonshire, the River Eden. He Anished
rod nemy territory. His book is. was the Rev. F. Davis, 55, vlear inemorable day with his
bent of Riseley, Bedfordshire. Mr nua. ly
double by the published by Pan Books.
Navy cooks and the W.R.N.S. will be one of the Navy Day attractions
Chotham at August 2, 3 and 4. Visitors will work tod cee trainee cooks at
on
ALASKA
THE
49TH STATE
DEFENCE
TRAPE
ECONOM
IKE'S VISIT TO
CANADA
"Of course, fifty would be a nice round figure, Mr. Diefenbaker, but no mattor."
bendun. Bagros Barator
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