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Dictated
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Postscript

And do you think we are talking about
Hitler or Mussolini or the Kings Speech? Not a
bit of it. The King himself & Mrs Simpson form the sole &
abiding topic of conversation. It has forced itself on us
all at once, for the divorce has a devastating revelation of
his intentions. The way it was managed - the provincial
secrecy, the absence of comment, and the evidence of the
most adroit handling - combined to make something akin to a
panic. Yesterday a French wireless station gave a statement
of the date of the marriage. She was in the House of Lords
Gallery during the King's speech - among the Ambassadresses. I
hear the most violent resentment against the whole thing. A
month ago we were inclined to laugh, now we are frightened of a
first class constitutional crisis. There is already talk of the
method which cd. be adopted to force an abdication. [?]
are weak and flabby - they ought have had him at the
moment of King George's death. The conspiracy of silence on the
part of our newspapers proves
giving the King a false sense of security which is mostly
noteworth dispelled. His Carklin is one of Maudlin
infatuation.