GREAT BRITAIN: Bachelor at 40

King George likes "God Save the King" so well that royal bands now linger over it at an officially slowed tempo, but Edward of Wales is always trying to hurry them through his hymn with its lugubrious refrain:

A-mong our ancient mountains, And from our lovely vales, Oh! Let the pray-'r re-echo God bless the Prince of Wales!

The prayer re-echoed from St. George's chapel adjoining Windsor Castle one day last week as a man with darkening circles around his eyes motored over to have lunch with King George and Queen Mary. "Happy...

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