Evening star., 1937-11-02
DUKE ANDDUCHESS
WILL Be GUESTS
'0F THE PRESIDENT
Windsors Will Be Received
at White House During
Brief Visit.
DINNER NOVEMBER IL
AT BRITISH EMBASSY
Ambassador and Lady Lindsay to
Entertain-0ther Details Of
Itinerary Unannounced.
BY PHYLLIS THOMPSON,
Society Editor of The Star.

Society Editor of The Star.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor,
Britain's abdicated monarch and his
American-born bride, will be received
by President Roosevelt and will be en-
tertained by Sir Ronald Lindsay, Brit
ish Ambassador to the United States.
and Lady Lindsay during their brief
visit in Washington next week, it was
disclosed today.
Details Of their American tour. dur
ing which the Duke plans to inspect
housing conditions and housing con-
struction projects throughout the
country, were discussed today in a
conference between Ambassador Lind
say and Acting Secretary of State
Sumner Welles.
The announcement that the
Wlndsors will be entertained at dinner
at the British Embassy on the evening
OF November IL, the day after their
scheduled arrival in New York, was
MADE this morning by Lady Lindsay.
Stay Here to Be Brief.
After his meeting with Mr.. welles
today, Ambassador Lindsay said no
definite itinerary for the visiting couple
has yet been arranged. Their Wash
ington visit, it was learned, will be
about 36 hours.
1t was learned authoritatively. ac-
cording to the Associated Press. that
PRESIDENT Roosevelt has given personal
orders that the Protocol Section of the
State Department assist in making any
arrangements the Windsors desire for
inspection of Government housing
projects, in which the Duke Is espe-
cially interested.
In fulfilling these orders George r.
Summerlin, chief of the Protocol Diyi-
sion. will go to New York to meet the
royal couple and accompany them to
washington November IL.
How long they will remain In New
York before proceeding to the CAPITAL.
what other sections of the country
they may visit and other details were
not revealed. 1t likewise was not made
known where the Duke and Duchess
VIII stay during their day and q half
sojourn here.
Lady Lindsay, following the estab-
hshed custom in connection with such
affairs at the British Embassy. did not
disclose either the number or the iden-
tity Of other guests invited for the
dinner on November IL.
Weeks of Speculation.
Today's announcement puts an end
to weeks of speculation as to Just when
the Windsors were to arrive here and
what would be the nature of their
reception.
For the past week had been froueht
with such conjecture and the wires
had been so hot between the British
Embassy, State Department and the
houses OF those persons who might
be in the know" that some slight
doubt had arisen that perhaps WASH
ington was to be denied even a glimpse
of the former King Edward VIII, who
as Prince of Wales was so popular on
his last trip here.
November IL no doubt will be an
interesting and thrilling night at the
Embassy, for undoubtedly the Duke of
Windsor still holds warm spot In
the hearts of members of the staff.
One cannot help but wonder what his
feelings will be as he ascends the
great wide stairway of the imposing
mansion on Massachusetts, avenue and
looks above to find peering down upon
him the eyes of the late Queen Vic
toria, his grandfather, Edward VII, his
father, George v, and his mother, the
dowager Queen, who still in the minds
of many remains the ideal Of the
Queen.
Perhaps it was q fortunate thing
that the portrait of the Duke of
Windsor when he was King Of Eng
land never reached America and was
hung in the space allotted for him in
that hallway at the Embassy, for prob
ably it would have had to be taken
down when he left the throne to
marry an American and a divorced
woman. The portrait of the present
monarch, George VI, has not yet been
received here.
As plans took shape for the Wind
sors' activities in America, their cloSe
friend, Charles Bedaux, preceded them
by landing in New York on the Europa
yesterday. Bedaux, a native of France
who rose to industrial eminence III
America. has been host to the Wind
sors on the continent on numerous oc-
(See WINDSORS, Page A-3.)