The King's Health

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 lung inflammation last June. "What is wrong with the King?" asked Reynolds News in headlines accompanying the picture. "Is the King a sick man?" asked another newspaper. "If so, the nation should be told."

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