Word: simpson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British popular mind, not only King Edward's determination to marry Mrs. Simpson but also his declaration that "something must be done" for the Depressed Areas of the United Kingdom set the Baldwin Cabinet against His Majesty, led to his abdication (TIME, Nov. 30 et seq.) Last week the Prime Minister did what he could to evaporate this popular view by submitting to the House of Commons a White Paper intended to "do something" for the Depressed Areas and based in great part on the advice of Sir Malcolm Stewart. It was he whom King Edward summoned just before...
...consider the draft of a financial settlement for the Duke of Windsor brought from Austria by Sir Walter Monckton, and the Royal Family had to face among other matters the Duke's demand that provision be made not only for himself during his lifetime but for Mrs. Simpson, irrespective of whether he lives or dies. Windsor was in irascible mood last week, perhaps because of the bleak weather in Austria which kept him indoors. Incessantly he telephoned not only Mrs. Simpson but various people in England. At 1 a. m. the Buckingham Palace operator was told from Schloss Enzesfeld...
...shown tied to his mistress' apron strings in public and was absolutely at her feet, not only in his private life but was influenced by her in public affairs, especially foreign politics. His behaviour to his mother, Queen Mary, is notoriously bad and was instigated by Mrs. Simpson. His professions of great concern for the unemployed which were used by his clique of cronies, headed by Esmond Harmsworth, as the weapon to upset the Government were rather insincere when compared with the facts. He gave ?10, ($50) on his Welsh visit, for the unemployed. On the other hand...
...must remember he cost the British nation a lot of money and they do not choose to see their money go into the pockets of Mrs. Simpson. Foreign newspaper correspondents, especially Americans, have the habit of mixing entirely too much with their own kind, and instead of getting the point of view of the man in the street, they absorb each other's impressions. Inevitably they tend to make a hero of the man or woman who gives them news and this is a great error...
Anyone who would like the Cumberland Terrace mansion in which Mrs. Simpson lived can rent it at $210 for Coronation week. The late great Earl of Birken-head's son's house may be had for May and June at an asking price of $1,500 on agreement to feed the six Birkenhead servants and pay their combined wages of $150 per month-and at that the young Earl is "open to offers." Today Manhattan agents are loaded up with such London houses, report "little or no demand"; but U. S. Ambassador to Soviet Russia and Mrs. Davies...