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...58th day of his reign held his first levee as Edward VIII. Hitherto these royal receptions of men have nearly always been held in St. James's Palace ("The Court of St. James") with the Sovereign driving thither in horse-drawn state from his residence at Buckingham Palace. This procedure Edward VIII, who has his apartments in a wing of St. James's Palace and uses Buckingham Palace merely as an office, varied in two precedent-shattering respects. He held his "Court of St. James" levee in Buckingham Palace, and he drove thither not by State Coach...
...distinguished persons moved past the Throne with such rapidity that a Buckingham Palace flunky was overheard to say of His Majesty: "He fair had them going at a dog trot...
Arrayed as Admiral of the Fleet, the Sovereign last week held the first investiture of the new Edwardian reign at Buckingham Palace. Trooping gravely in came the distinguished Britons who figured in the last New Year's Honors List (TIME, Jan. 13), which beloved George V approved but did not live to sign. Of these the most famed is Feminist Christabel Pankhurst, who became at the hands of Edward VIII a sedately honored Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire...
Ever since Victoria's blameless Consort Albert introduced the knee-length frock coat or "Prince Albert," it has been required wearing at Buckingham Palace for officials in "close attendance" on the Sovereign. This week King Edward ordered worn instead the morning coat...
Again last week new King Edward emphasized his pro-German leanings. At a great reception in Buckingham Palace to representatives of all nations, His Majesty kept the line of notables moving briskly past his receiving dais until German Foreign Minister Baron Constantin von Neurath's turn came. Then the remainder of the long line waited while King and Baron had a conversation of some minutes in fluent German. After the whole line had finally passed into the next room, His Majesty joined Baron von Neurath for a much longer conversation. The German Press was exuberant at this portent, while...