Like fretful relatives, the British like to be kept posted on the health and welfare of their royal family with frequent news items and photos. A shot of the King looking trim and healthy on the front page of the morning papers is as bracing as a tonic. This week London newspapers printed a picture which showed King George looking haggard and ill as he returned from a vacation in Scotland to consult a London physician. It filled his subjects with alarm rather than reassurance. The country has worried about the King's health ever since he came down with a...
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