Has Mrs Keppel lost favor with the KIng

July 25, 1909


In an exclusive dispatch, the Los Angeles Times reports that there are "indications that the friendship between King Edward and Mrs. George Keppel, pronounced by the king as the most entertaining woman in Europe, is at an end." The reason for this assumption: Mrs. Keppel and her husband "were carefully omitted" from the list of guests invited by Ambassador Reid, who is the King's host at West Park. The omission of Mr. and Mrs. Keppel from the list of guests is causing great comment and gossip in London.
There has been "cautious intimation" that Mrs. Keppel's place "in the royal favor was not as secure as it has been."
Mr. and Mrs. Keppel continue to reside in a home near Buckingham Palace, which was given to them as a gift by the king.
"Today's development, however, is accepted as final proof by all that her reign as the royal favorite is at an end, and society is now eagerly inquiring as to the identity of her successor."