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Murmured the Duke, who has his own terse way of putting things, "Must go to Buck House." Next morning His Grace, swinging a tightly rolled umbrella, arrived at Buckingham Palace to ascertain from his friend Edward VIII the royal pleasure as to what route the Coronation procession will take...
...King-Emperor already made up that his Coronation procession should be the shortest possible and his Coronation ritual the simplest possible. Soon announced was an official route so short that the only way to make the publicly visible part of the Coronation any shorter would be to cut from Buckingham Palace straight across the park to Westminster Abbey. Seat prices along the official route promptly soared last week to as much as $200 for a small chair on a precarious roof ledge. In a patriotic effort not to profiteer, one London firm offered armchair seats in its shop windows...
...snuggery. 27 miles from London. Last week the taste of U. S.-born Mrs. Simpson and the talent of U. S.-born Lady Mendl scored heavily again when His Majesty, just before leaving on vacation, commissioned Elsie de Wolfe Inc. to sweep stuffy Victorianism and plush out of stately Buckingham Palace, redecorate its interior in swank Modern Style...
Officially veterans had been invited only to have tea on the lawn of Buckingham Palace with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, following the Canadian pilgrimage to see King Edward dedicate the Vimy Ridge memorial in France (TIME, Aug. 3). Unexpectedly His Majesty arrived and was shouldering his way unannounced through the mass of Dominion veterans when they recognized him with shouts of "Oh boy, the King! Good old Neddy!" slapped their King-Emperor on the back, vigorously wrung his hand...
...clear of his well-wishers. Sudden rain, after the tea was half over, sent the King scurrying to the Palace for cover. At this the 5,000 Canadians, not knowing that English folk in similar circumstances usually take shelter under trees, dashed pell-mell after him into Buckingham where one astounded Palace flunky in scarlet & gold was heard to say to another, "It's like the bloody Revolution!" When skies cleared King Edward appeared on a balcony to speed the 5,000 parting guests with one of his most felicitous impromptu speeches. Not all of it could be heard...