Evening star., 1937-03-15
SMART SET LOSES
ENTR{E At court
George VI, in Three Months,
Confirms Policy Expected
Toward Edwards Friends.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 15.-Three months
of a new reign have made it clear
10 Great Britain that what its critics
termed the smart international Set
the fashionable group denounced by
the Archbishop Of Canterbury-iS no
longer welcomed by the British court.
George VI has turned the clock
back, at least socially, to the days of
his father.
The smart set that surrounded Ed
ward VIII during his brief reign,
called by the archbishop 'alien to the
best instincts and traditions" of Brit
AIN, is becoming reconciled TO the fact
IL no longer has entree to the British
court.
Old Friends Welcomed.
Instead of the internationallSLs The
same small circle that moved around
the King and Queen when, as Duke
and Duchess of York, they lived at
l45 Piccadilly are now intimates Of
the empires rulers. Most of the fa-
vored friends are members of English
and Scottish noble families.
The new King has received and
talked with countless subjects since
his accession. but the business OF
klngShip makes difficult the forma-
ton of personal friendships. In his
youth George VI was handicapped, by
sUuttering and shyneSs, from making
the many friends of his elder brother
gathered about him.
Probably his closest friend now is
Wing Commander Sir Louis Gfelg,
gentleman usher At the court, ct
whose home his maieSty stayed as
an undergraduate at Cambridge Uni
rersitv
Str I.OniS. a former navy surgeon,
ik credited with diagnosing the gas
rrte troIbIe the z ing suffered 10 early
pesps.
Tennis Courts Prepared.
w1yh Sir Louis, the King once en-
tsred me England tennis cham
ptonships AT Wimbledon in pursuit of
has favorite sport. Now the Bucking-
ham Palace hard courts are being pre-
pared tor use Of his majesty and his
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Queen. Sir Basil instructed both
Edward VIII and George VI in the
pSf OcI1
cadets at the Royal Naval College at
Osborne on the Isle Of Wight
several Of the Kings close friends
srs men of his fathers generation,
snd court circles say that Baron Give
wigTsm, who advised George V
throughout his reign, is the most pow
erful hgure at court today. Baron
wlgram was recalled from retirement
10 act as permanent lord-in-waiting
snd principal adviser TO the King.
The portly, ioyial Earl of Derby,
who has enjoyed the friendship of
both Georges, will be host TO their
maiesties when they visit the Grand
National at Aintree next Friday.
Morgan One American Friend.
Few Americans are numbered in
court circles, but it is expected j.
Pierpont Morgan, who frequently en-
tertained the former Duke and Ouch
ess OF York in Scotland. will be sure
of a welcome when he next visits
London
One Of Edwards innovati tions how
ever, has been maintained by his
brother. who also likes TO slip away
from the iormalities of Buckingham
Palace for quiet week ends. Their
majesties often go to the royal lodge
in windsor Park to entertain their
closest friends. as Edward entertained
Informally at Fort Belvedere