virtue of my husband's post I had become the hub of social activity: I found myself president of the Red Cross, and honorary president of the local branch of the "Daughters of the British Empire"... Before long I realized that I must strengthen my friendships with the wives of the country's political leaders, for the sake of David's position.

In May of that year we went to Miami, then on to Washington on a working trip, and we spent a few days as guests of the British Embassy, which gave a dinner in our honor... But it happened that a message reached David during the dinner asking him to return to "Nassau," because the workmen who had been building "Windsor Field" had rioted in a way that might lead to an uprising; yet at the very same moment a message arrived from President Roosevelt inviting David to visit him... We had lunched with the President and his wife that same day, so I began to wonder what could be the motive behind this sudden invita-tion... We soon learned the reason: the President wished to place under David's charge the military aviation secretariat at "Nassau"...

The next day David flew to "Nassau" and found the crowds massed at the bay; he resolved to use whatever force was needed to quell the agitation, and called in the police force, which set matters to rights again without the shedding of blood...

In 1942 David suffered many

things besides his arduous duties: his uncle the Duke of "Connaught" died in January, and in August he received a telegram announcing the death of his brother George, Duke of "Kent," killed in a flying accident. I wished those tragedies might

draw the members of the royal family closer together, but even in grief nothing changed.

My life was crowded with work: I would

spend the morning at the Red Cross center, and pass the after-noon at the "canteen" which I

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