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Supposing you heard that the
Duke of Edinburgh had been
Imprisoned in the Tower and
was soon to be tried for high
treason.. , , Would you believe
it? Supposing you were told that
the Queen never accepted hos-
pitality from her Commonwealth
heats until officials had first in.
vesti.gated their kitchens?
Supposing you heard from
someone "in the know" that the
Queen Mother was thinking of
rllarrying again — or that Prin-
cess Margaret was planning to
enter a convent.
Would you believe it?
There are rumours of royalty
at their crudest and most ridicu-
iots, Yet they are just a sample
of the lies and exaggerations
about our beloved Royal Family
that race from lip to lip or
appear in cold print somewhere
in the world every clay,
"Rumour is one of the nuis
ences my family •can't seem to
get rid of," the Duke of Windsor
once said, "Even my great-
grandmother used to corn-
, , ."
'When Queen Victoria was on
the throne she was regarded as
an aloof and almost sacred
figure and it would have been
considered beneath her dignity
and constitutionally i m p r op e r
:for her to have commented on
Anything said about her in the
newspapers,
A popular writer went to ex.
Cremes, however, when he hint-
ed—at the time of the Crimean
War—that the Queen's husband,
Che German-born Prince Con-
sort, might be playing Russia's
game.
Public wrath exploded. Rum-
our spread so wildly that Par-
:ltamentary spokesmen openly
accused the Prince of treason,
An London buzzed , . , and soon
huge and angry crowds gathered
at the Tower of London to
demonstrate against the Prince
Consort, under the impression
that he was already under lock
and key.
The Queen threatened to abdi-
elite unless such startling news-
paper attacks were brought to
an end. Her son, the Prince of
Wales, was hooted at the races
Only a few years later as the
result of the terrible rumour
that he had driven a married
woman glad with his attentions.
In t h e amazing Mordaunt
divorce case, the future Edward
•'VII even went into the witness
box and publicly gave the lie
to these stories. His honour was
vindicated, but it was all in vain.
he mob still booed, for it didn't
believe him.
King George V was haunted
all his life by the Bride of Malta
story—that as a young man he
had secretly married a young
;lady in Malta, and that his alli-
ance with Queen Mary was,
therefore, bigamous.
In the end a libel action was
brought and every name, date
Tough Man To Pass is George
Sowers who is always well up
with the leaders — if not in front
of them — at the C.N.E. Stock car
races in Toronto.
;aid iut'idtt,t in the Malta allege
tions was proved false. Yet some
people still shrugged and mut-
tered, "Where there's smoke,
there's fire, . "
In reality, the sole grain uf�
truth behind all this commotion
was the warm affection he core
eeived during his naval years for
his childhood friend, lovely Julie
Stoner,
Eventually Julie married the
Marquis d'I'Iautpol and remained
ane of the most trusted friends
of the Royal Family.
To -day the rumours that
harass the Queen and the Duke
of Edinburgh are happily of a
very different nature. They
spring from waren and. loyal in-
terest—yet there is a danger of
affection degenerating into pry-
ing eagerness to know every
detail of royalty's private life,
How would you like to open
the paper at breakfast one morn-
ing and read that you had wast-
ed a lot of public money trans-
ferring a replica naval cabin
from Clarence House to Buck-
ingham Palace?
It is small wonder if this story
annoyed the Duke of Edinburgh.
He had done nothing of the kind
and indeed had 110 room remote-
ly resembling a naval cabin.
To Enter Convent?
The Queen was annoyed by a
newspaper story that Prince
Charles was being brourht up as
a vegetarian.
Princess Macgarot, t o o, can
rarely open a newspaper with-
out wondering what fresh fairy
tales will he linked with her
name, embroidered with the
usual set of circumstantial in-
accuracies.
The furore of rumour that
involved the departure •of that
efficient royal equerry, Group -
Captain Peter Townsend, to a
post as air attache in Brussels
is a case in point, But scarcely
less infuriating to the Palace
officials who have to cope with
incoming mail was the fantastic
report that Princess Margaret
was preparing to enter a con-
vent.
It happened that in a spirit of
humble dedication she had at-
tended a course of half-hour lec-
tures given by the Bishop of
Kensington. In next to no time
the post office at Buckingham
Palace was deluged with prayer
books.
Then there was the totally un-
true report that the Queen was
considering selling Balmoral
Castle, a story that spread con-
sternation a m on g the shop-
keepers, gillies and other folk on
Deeside who look to Balmoral
for their livelihood.
A local estate agent found
himself landed with houses he
couldn't sell; a local shopkeeper
was told the value of his busi-
ness had halved overnight—such
were the first fruits of this par-
ticular Balmoral rocket.
Ultimately the Marquess of
Aberdeen had to ask the Queen
on the public platform of Bal-
later station whether she 'could
deny the reports. "Most certain-
ly," she replied.
The Queen Mother's coining
visit to the States, too, had to
be prematurely disclosed because
rumour got the facts wrong. In-
vitations from all over America
were pouring into the British
Embassy in Washington from
eager hostesses who were under
the impression that the Queen
and the Duke of Edinburgh were
planning a U.S.A. tour of 6,000
miles.
The mere whisper revived a
string of ridiculous reports—last
heard during the Queen Mother's
pre-war visit to Washington and
personally denied by Mrs.
Roosevelt. There's the absurd
story that the White House was
officially requested to see that
hot water was available for the
hot-water bottles of the Laclies-
in-Waiting.
Equally silly is the report that
the Duke of Edinburgh's bed
must have its quilt turned down
`' EY,' THE HAMSTER, NITS
S
HIS DAILY OE JSMMMFF
tronl the expression on Acey's face it appears he doesn't like to
have his teeth brushed any more than many youngsters do.
But researchers at Bristol Myers laboratory find hamsters are
excellent "guinea pigs" on which to test ingredients developed
to prevent tooth decay, Tests with hamsters speed up research,
as results can be obtained in four months which ordinarily would
take two years when using humans as test controls. "Acey"
doesn't think much of the idea.
Acey's held quietly for a minute, His 28 teeth get a thorough
to get used to being handled. brushing for two full minutes.
Excess toothpaste is wiped Acey redoes the job to his own
away with cleansing tissue, satisfaction with tiny paws.
Love Makes People
Do Queer Things
Johnny Clarke found that his
girl preferred an other man. So
he ran full -tilt at a plate -glass
window and pushed his head
through. With his head in
stitches and sticking plaster, he
later explained to the magis-
trates: "It's knocked some sense
into me!"
In a similar plight, Harry
Grosgold climbed out on the
eighteenth floor window ledge
of a Detroit skyscraper and
threatened to jump unless his
girl agreed to marry him right
at one corner, while the Queen's
must be turned down at both
corners.
No Laughing Matter
The Royal Family long since
grew tired of these absurdities.
Behind the scenes there have
been discussions on how best
they can be countered. The new
policy has been seen in official
denials and even quiet protests
issued by Buckingham Palace in
the case of several untrue stories
that have angered the Queen.
Rumour is no laughing matter.
Flashed around the world, wild-
ly distorted by translation in one
country after another, it can
endanger British high standing
throughout the world. The Royal
Family is one of our greatest
assets, and those close to the
Royal couple to -day are deter-
mined to guard them from this
nuisance.
Helen Cathcart
Stop -and -go Practice — Children in the French sector of Berlin, Germany, are learning traffic
1egulations and safety at an early age. Police cohstructed a traffic pattern so the children can
drive their tiny cars and practise safe driving habits. The pattern includes main arteries, side
streets, traffic lights and street stens, Youngsters in authentic police uniforms direct traffic.
away. She called the fire
brigade!
Then Harry jumped, bouncing
neatly into a net, and was after-
wards heavily fined for a public
mischief. The trouble was that
by now his girl had agreed to
marry him. Bitterly, she com-
plained that the heavy fine was
deferring the honeymoon.
Conceding to love's young
dream, the police arranged for
the fine to be paid in instal-
ments,
Then there was the case of
Willy Hayman, of Minehead,
who swore that unless his girl
friend returned to him he would
never again have a haircut. The
girl refused. Soon long ringlets
of hair were falling over his
shoulders.
A f ter twenty-five years the
growth became too long to
endure. Hayman shot himself.
To bring remorse to an ex -girl
friend, a troubled Frenchman
tried to feed himself to the lions
by stepping into their cage at a
Bordeaux circus. Though sav-
aged,
awaged, he escaped without lasting
harm — and all the circus folk
went to the wedding.
A Manchester man climbed a
church spire and refused to
cone e down . until his wife
promised to obey him. Threats
of suicide by spurned lovers are
common. The queerest case in
police records is perhaps that of
a London girl who attempted to
gas herself, but the neighbours
smelled gas. Then she took
poison and,' in "falling, knocked
over a heavy vase. The crash
once again brought aid in time.•
Meanwhile, her boy friend had
jumped off Beachy Head — and
only broken his leg. In hospital
he attempted to drink corrosive
acid and he, too, received instant
medical aid. Both were charged
with attempted suicide. .in the
end they were married,
HIS PASTIME
A party motoring through
Idaho calve upon a lonely sheep-
herder high up in the mountains,
and asked him what he slid to
amuse himself,
"Oh, I hold up motorists and
rob 'em," replied the sheep-
herder,
"But aren't you likely to he
arrested and sent to jail?"
"Nope, 1 do it this way. Ye
Were this hairpin bend in the road?
Well, I hold up the people right
here, and then when they go on
I duck over the hill, take off' my
mask, put on my badge, and meet
'em down at the bend, 'I jist
caught that fella that robbed ye,'
I sez. 'Here's yer valuables.'
There's no danger in it, and it's
icinda exciiin,"
wnesar,«ter wiresseit 1te
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