People: People, Jul. 15, 1946

Herbert George Wells, 79, Britain's cantankerous, senescent pamphleteer-historian, dug into his files, came out swinging with an updated version of a favorite theme: an attack on the royal family. In an article in the diminutive weekly Socialist Leader, he raised a pointed question: was the King involved in Mussolini's prewar financial support of British Fascist Sir Oswald Mosley? If so, "there is every reason why the House of Hanover should follow the House of Savoy into exile."

Everyone seemed to agree that this time old H. G. had really put his foot in...

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