Count me among those relieved that Princess Elizabeth, despite lacking what it takes for “triumphant beauty,” nonetheless is “in no danger of being neurotic.”
Interesting that not even Hanson Baldwin knows Manstein has been dismissed.
Convoy TAKE 1 departed Shanghai, not Pusan, but keep an eye out for news of it. The Japanese still haven't figured out we have broken their code and the convoy is being monitored.
I get the impression that the author is anti-monarchist. The suggestion that Edward, Duke of Windsor, was driven around the bend by overwork is cute. The more general historical consensus is that he was simply a narcissist and dumb as soup.