The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-19

who are talking Of repreSentatlo1S feel that indirectly at least the dignity of the royal court might be affected.
 Fear Repercussions
 They feel that there might be u1a- fortunate repercuSsions in the dom- inions and colonies and 1t is said to be due largely to this angle that representations to the king are be- ing considered in 8 matter which 1t is know he feels to be his own pri- vate business.
 From the imperial viewpoint, the feeling seems to be that no private business is important enough to be pursued if 1t affects the prestige of the crown which is the symbol of unity of one-fourth the earth's ter- ritory and population.
 Gossip about the king and Mrs. Simpson and her divorce are spread ing as American newspaper reporG get back to London, no word has bene published here about the die vorce petition, due to be heard at Ipswich Assizes within the next ten days.
 Receives American Papers
 King Edward himself, it was learned, received a complete file of key American newspapers regarding his friendship with Mrs. Simpson, just before he left Fort Belvederes his country home near London, yes- terday afternoon to go to Sandring- ham.
 It was understood two weeks ago. when news was first published of the kings plan to visit Sandringham, the great royal estate in Norfolk near the esat coast, that Mrs. Simpson would be one of the large number of guests.
 But the word is now that the house party is strictly a male one. Guests include the bachelor Earl Of Sefton and the Earl of Harewood. the kings brother-in-law. Lord Harewood is of the most rigid type of conservative peer. The king is said to have remarked, on occasion, that Lord Harewood was much more royal than he himself. Goes Through London King Edward came through Lon- don on his way from Belvedere to Sandringham, stopped of at Buck ingham Palace, and continued across country by automobile. Maj. Ulick Alexander and Commander Charles Lambe attended him. It was expected that the king would re- main at Sandringham at least a week. During his visit he is to en- gage in several shooting parties and to supervise the transfer of parts of the estate to private tenants. The king is expected during his visit to study more carefully the Ameri- can newspaper reports. Scotland Yard and the foreign ofice are un- derstood to have received complete reports of newspaper comment for their own uses.
 Queen Mary Distressed Queen Mary is said to have been greatly distressed. At the same time, 1t is reported, she admonished members of the royal family to keep their reserve and to concede noth- ing to outsiders. She is said to have added that the Simpson divorce was a matter between Simpson and his wife and that the less said about 1t the better. She is insistent on fam- lily solidarity and to a highly titled person who mentioned the kings relationship with the Baltimore woman, the queen is said to have replied tartly: "The friendship is His Majesty's affair"
 But members of the royal family, and some outsiders, receive uncen- sored copies of American publica- tions direct by mail, and are fully aware of the sensation.
 Mrs. Simpson Secluded
 Mrs. Simpson has remained Se- cluded for several days and she is expected to remain out of the public sight until after her divorce. Simp- son continued to refuse to accept visitors and telephone calls. He is living at the Guards Club and leaves it, each morning to enter a waiting taxicab for his office. He Is understood to have spent the week end in the country with friends. WN WVn M fVWvwQ MWNM MM