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of his country. Civic and police au-
thorities, usually informed when a
member Of the royal family visits the
port. were not told Edward was coming.
More than 500,000000 were esti-
farewell address. The broadcast and
the departure climaxed dramatic
day.
Early in the afternoon Parliament
passed law legalizing his departure
and the accession of his brother.
Queen Mary. his widowed mother,
issued prayerful plea that he be re-
membered gratefully and full loyalty
be pledged to his successor.
TIE royal family dined together for
. round of farewells at Windsor Castle,
the scene of the radio good-by.
God bless you all! God save the
King!'
Thus Edward, his voice husky, con-
cluded his historic broadcast as his
mother stood beside him at the micro
phone.
You must believe me-" he said,
when 1 tell you that I have found 1t
impossible to carry the heavy burden
Of responsibility and to discharge my
duties as King as I would wish to do
without the help and support of the
woman I love"
His decision to quit throne for life
with Mrs. Simpson was mine and mine
alone" he added, for:
This was a thing had to judge
entirely for myself.
The other person most nearly con-
cerned has tried up to the last to
persuade me to take different course"
Voice Breaks Only Once.
His voice broke only once during the
address.
This was when he referred to the
sympathetic comfort of my mother
end my family" He spoke firmly and
calmly while paying tribute to the atti-
tude of Premier Stanley Baldwin and
pledging allegiance to his brother,
George vi, the next wearer of the
crown.
and lay down my burden said the
former king after revealing with
touch Of sadness that his life had been
empty In one respect.
He George VIZ has one blessing"
declared Edward, enjoyed by so many
Of you and not bestowed on me-a
happy home with his wife and chill
dren"
He disposed Of reports that he never
would return to England with:
1T may be some time before I re-
turn to my native land, but I shall
always follow the fortunes of the
British race and empire with profound
interest. and if at any time in the fu-
ture I can be found of service to his
majesty in d private station, I shall
not fail"
Left Castle With Mother.
Edward, dressed in dinner jacket
and looking tired and worn, then left
the castle with his mother, sad-eyed
and weary from the strain of recent
days.
They drove to Fort Belvedere, where
Edward summoned all the staff and
bade them goodbye. Then he left for
Portsmouth.
The headlights of two motor cars
stabbed through the darkness as the
former king arrived. A group of dim
figures alighted from the two machines
and hastened down the dock.
Edward, wearing heavy coat,
strode aboard the Fury after port off,
cials welcomed him.
Queen Mary urged the world to
hold for Edward grateful remem-
brance in your hearts" in a simple
statement disclosing the depths of her
love and her own ordeal In the deci-
sion of her eldest born to quit throne
and country.
IT know you will realize what it
has cost him to come to this deci-
sion -" she said
II commend to you his brother
summoned so unexpectedly and in
circumstances so painful to take his
Y,Iacs ="
Her own feelings she revealed thus:
IT need not speak of the distress
which fills q mothers heart when !
think that my dear son has deemed
1t to be his duty to lay down his
charges and that the reign which had
begun with so much hope and promise
has 70 suddenly ended"