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regulations, especially as the Eisenhower administration was settled into its second term in the White House and had never shown any interest in pursuing the original enquiry

Williaain in financial trouble, and that Rosnovski still kept bailing hio on, and what Henry had on Rosnovski Was it possible that Rosnovski had enough proble Williaress on the eight new hotels Rosnovski was building across the - world

The London Baron was losing os Baron was out of coth Willia fro that Florentyna Rosnovski had not opened the Edinburgh Baron, and he thought about his son Then he closed the report and locked the file in his safe, convinced there was nothing in it of importance to concern hiretted his early loss of teirl in his life, he wished he had not turned his back so irrevocably on his only son Kate had pleaded on Richard’s behalf, and she and Williaument - so rare in their married life - which they had been unable to resolve Kate tried every tactic fro seeinia and Lucy also missed their brother Miere’s no one ill be critical of inia

’Don’t you inia tried to smile

Lucy used to lock herself in the bathroom, turn on the water, and write secret letters to Richard, who could never figure out why they always seemed damp No one dared to mention Richard’s na a sad rift within the faround the clock in the hope that itheavy dey at the very time when he most felt like a rest He had appointed six new vice - presidents over the previous two years, hoping they would take some of the load off his shoul - ders ’Me reverse had turned out to be the case They had created htest of them, Jake Thomas, already looked the most likely candidate to take Williaive up the Rosnovski girl Although the profits of the bank continued to rise each year, Willia money for money’s sake Perhaps he now faced the same problem that Charles Lester had encountered: he had no son to leave his fortune and the chairmanship to now that he had cut Richard out of his life, rewritten his will and dismantled his trust

In the year of their silver wedding anniversary, Willia holiday to Europe in the hope that it ht help to put Richard out of their707 and stayed at the Ritz The hotel brought back many happy memories of William!s first trip to Europe with Kate They inia and Lucy the university city, and then went on to Stratford - on - Avon to see some Shakespeare: Richard the Third with Laurence Olivier They could have wished for a king with another name

On the return journey from Stratford they stopped at the church in Henley - on - Thames where William and Kate had been ain, but they still had only one vacant rooument started between William and Kate in the car on the way back to London as to whether it had been the Reverend Tukesbury or the Reverend Dukesbury who had married the the Ritz On one thing they were able to agree; the new roof on the parish church had ell

Williaht ’Best five hundred pounds I ever invested,’ he said

They flew on to Italy a week later, having seen every English sight any self - respecting American tourist is irls drank too ht of Virginia’s birthday, while Williaood pasta and put on seven pounds All of them would have been so much happier if they could have talked of the forbidden topic of Richard Virginia cried that night and Kate tried to comfort her

’Why doesn’t sos are

Kate had no reply

When they returned to New York, Williae back into his work at the bank He lost the seven pounds in seven days