The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-21
King EdlUard Eighth
 Assumes His Duties
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lbf Norfolk, Premier Duke and Earl lhf England, and representatives of fine armed forces and the police, to Idiscnss arrangements for his fathers gtneral.
 Fslngs ancestor to Edward be- headed five nobles ancestors to Norfolk, and Henry VIII beheaded IlESatherine Howard, of the Norfolk samily, his fifth queen.
 rhe great crowd awaiting Edward lMnd the Duke of York in front or St. kIaines's Palace hoping to glimpse 4khem, was disappointed. They en- ltered the courtyard by Q side en- Erance.
 An empire such as Alexander, Augustus, Genghis Khan never could have dreamed, mourned the dead king as Q wise, just man whose integrity and love for all his people none had questioned during the 20 years, eight months and IA days Of his reign.
 Guns boomed, bells tolled, in countries all over the face of the globe in memory of the late king. Men and women in ordinary life donned black as If one of their own had died.
 Tn all the empire but one flag hew ct full mast-the royal stand ard.
 It flew this morning at Sandring- ham because Edward VIII was there, and 1t symbolized as few things could that the Kingdom en- dures, though kings die. George was the 5sth king of England, his son is the 60th.
 Edward, Prince of Wales, became an already constituted king at the moment of the late kings death, and assumed the invisible, inescap- able bonds of rulership which he may never relinquish voluntarily during his life.
 Takes Up His Duties
 Even as the king his father drew his last breath, Edward VIII took up his duties, his face wracked with grief and lined with the strain he had endured during the past three days.
 It was but few minutes after he had stood, with his mother-now the queen mother, Queen Mary, and his official hostess-and other mem- bers of the royal family at the kings death bed that he performed the first act of his reign. It was message, in keeping with tradition, to the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
 T am deeply grieved to inform you that my beloved father the king passed away peacefully at 11:55 to- night.
 EDWARD"
 It was Edward the king who signed, not Edward P" as he signed when he was Prince of Wales.
 Discussed Funeral Plans
 Then with his brother, the Duke of York, second of King Georges four sons and now the heir pre- sumptive to the throne of the bach elor monarch, he discussed funeral plans.
 They and Lord Wigram, King Georges private secretary, arranged for a funeral service today at Sand ringham church, for his body to lie briefly in state there, to be brought to London to lie in Westminster Abbey and, after the service there. to lie with others of Britain's kings at the royal chapel, St. Georges, Frogmore, Windsor.
 Edward VIII arranged to come to London today and here, his thoughts inevitably dragging back to the scene of his fathers death at Sandringham, to face his people and go through the duties that he has assumed by virtue of birth and heritage.
 First was a meeting of the privy council at St. James palace where Edward lived as Prince of Wales, to proclaim him formally king.
 This meeting was charged with the first of the many acts that must follow the death of king and the succession of his heir.
 Take Oath of Allegiance
 Called for { p. m. ell a. m. EST), the privy councillors assembled to take the oath of allegiance to the new king. and to approve the text of the proclamation which. an- nogRacing the death of the late king. tells the people of London, as for centuries past, that the new king rules.
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