King George VI's Cousin "Losing Strength"
London, Sept, 3.
Prince Arthur of Connaught, cousin to King George VI and a grandson of Queen Victoria, is gravely ill in'his home in Belgrave Square, London.
An official bulletin signed by Sir Russell Wilkinson and Lord Dawson oe Penn, the two best known royal [doctors in England, issued here late fast night, said that Prince Arthur, whose health had been causing anxiety for some weeks, "is now losing strength.
His 89-year-old father, the Duke of Connaught, motored up to London from his country home at Bagshot yesterday afternoon to' visit his son.
Prince. Arthur of Connaught is 55. [He has been personal A.D.C, to the King since 1936. From 1920 to 1923 he was Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Union of South Africa.
Prince Arthur married the Duchess [or Fife in 1913 and has one son, the Earl of Macduff
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