At a time when Dr. H, H, Kung] has had "exceptional" opportunities forgetting acquainted with the acfuatiiles of the British monarchical system by social contact with some fof the highest personalities in the ind, It seems unfortunate that the "China Press™ whose editor special publicity duty with' Dr. Kung. should be betrayed into erroneous comment on the circumstances of his Majesty's accession, It" observes that the former King Edward VIII "had to. abandon his throne, apparently, if he wanted to marry a commoner." There is no truth in this. assertion any" more than In the frequently. firmed mendacity that the national~ ity of the lady had a bearing on the, decision which the Duke of Windsor felt himself impelled to take. Queen Ellzabeth's Coronation. which Dr, Kung himself witnessed provides a complete rebuttal of the' assertion that the Duchess of Windsor's status a commoner was the cause of her husband's Abdication, For Queen Elizabeth before her marriage to his Majesty King George VI, then Duke of York, was a commoner, albeit like many' other "commoners she had royal blood in her veins, Tt is hoped that perversity in {gnoring the basle facts of an episode which has oc~ eustoned so much pain to British sub-Jeets will not be encour
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