Word: duchess
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...London, where the Duke of Windsor was taking a fresh dive in prestige, his youngest brother, the Duke of Kent, suddenly found himself the target of a press which, having tasted royal scandal, lusted for more. Kent had got into the news, while nis Duchess was abed with her second child, by going with his orchidaceous friend Mrs. Allen to have his bumps read by a phrenologist and posing with Mrs. Allen on the doorstep (TIME...
Allen, as having none of the importance which turned Mrs. Simpson into a Constitutional Crisis. With the Duke & Duchess on its cover, News-Review headed its story "Kent and His Companion," featuring two pictures...
Allen, who was previously the Cuban Marquise de Casa Maury and before that the London modiste's mannequin Paula Gellibrand. H. R. H. Marina, Duchess of Kent, was described by News-Review as having "drifted from the smart set and left her husband to go the smart socialite rounds for them both . . . with zest." In London the Beaverbrook Daily Ex press (circulation 2,040,000) broke the Kent & Mrs. Allen story in Britain's daily press, sharply editorialized: "One way to keep clear of such news is not to do the things that make such news...
...England, there was an influenza epidemic and no doubt about it. Queen Elizabeth was unable to attend the accession ceremonies of George VI because she had influenza. The new King's sister, Princess Mary, suffered an attack, as did the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester. Last week Queen Mother Mary took sick. Observed the London Times: "Whole households are being affected and considerable dislocation of business is taking place." The Sunday Dispatch: "1,000,000 persons are down with...
...Aftermath. It was chiefly the Church of England which was damaged, in the very fibre of English Christian morality, by the open scandal of King Edward and Mrs. Simpson. Yet there were outcries in the largest London newspapers last week against kicking the Duke of Windsor and his presumptive Duchess now that they are down. The Archbishop of Canterbury who is Primate of All England last week evinced regret that he had had to do so. The Archbishop of York, who is Primate of England, made his attack in the form of a pastoral letter. It was not so much...