GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown

(¶ Loyal and devoted Britons have been most anxious about George V ever since a bulletin declared that "the King is now able to apply his mind for short periods of time" (TIME, March 18). Last week however the Royal physicians issued a slightly more reassuring bulletin:

The King continues to make satisfactory progress in spite of tiresome rheumatism, around his right shoulder. His weight is increasing, his appetite returning, and his sleep is of better quality. The insistence on lengthy abstention from all but essential public duties...

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