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...converged ominously on London. One hundred miles away at Sandringham the King & Queen were enjoying a rural autumn. Unhurried and to all appearances unworried, Their Majesties tarried in the country until at least 3,000 footsore and surly marchers had trudged into their capital, then dutifully they returned to Buckingham Palace. They knew among other things that London's bobbies had just taken a 5% wage...
...Duke of Buckingham as Dramatist," Professor Murray, Harvard...
Sirs: Have your operatives anything further to report on Buckingham Palace Chef Chummy'' Tschumi's threat to resign? (TIME, Sept. 19) If he has quit the royal kitchens he will not be the first to do so-and for the same reason. The great Careme, one of the most noted of French chefs, was hired during the reign of George IV, at a salary of 1,000 guineas a year. But he resigned after only a few weeks, complained that King George didn't appreciate his finest efforts, but kept asking for boiled beef...
Chef Tschumi planned to retire last July, changed his mind, is still working at Buckingham Palace. So is his superior, Chief Chef Cedard...
...London, Crown Prince Mihai spent a few exciting days. He went to the South Kensington Science Museum, drove a fire-engine, was allowed to warm up the engine of one of his mother's cars, had tea in Buckingham Palace. Suddenly King Carol cancelled the rest of his son's vacation, ordered him back to Bucharest. Princess Helen motored her son down to Dover, bade him a tearful farewell. "I'll try to telephone you, mummy, but they won't let me," he cried...