Foreign News: Wally, Mary, Victoria

Although she does not rate as a royal highness, the Duchess of Windsor loves royal ado of all kinds. Last week the Duke bought her a truly royal present—one of the eleven Norwegian platinum fox pelts in the world. Price: $1,722.50. Some days earlier he had also taken her to Biarritz to see some royal statuary—a bust of Queen Victoria, the Duke’sgreat-grandmother, designed by the French Sculptor Maxime Réal del Sarte. If Queen Mary cannot take Duchess Wally, it is a safe bet that Queen Victoria could not have. The Victoria bust will be unveiled next month. Biarritz’s mayor explained that the reason for the tribute was that in 1889 Queen Victoria visited Biarritz, and in her train came a flood of tourists which is still flowing.