Person:Millicent Milroy (1)

Guelph Daily Mercury Guelph, Wednesday, October 16, 1985

By Alan Ferris Mercury Reporter

  On Monday, Millicent Milroy of Rockwood was Buried beneath a Monument

ina Cambridge cemetery, taking with her to that grave the details of a mystery that recieved international attention in 1972. The inscription she had engraved on that monument explains the controversy the ex-teacher stirred. It reads:

Millicent A.M.M.M. P.St.Daughter of James and Helen Jane Milroy 1890- wife of Edward (VIII) Duke of Windsor 1894-1972

  The initials stand for Agnes Mary Maureen Marguerite, Princess of theRoyal House of Stuart.  The later designation is based on her claim thather father, James, was Prince James of Scotland, pretender to that throne

until he came to Canada. The monument - engraved in 1968 - gained wide attention in 1972 when theduke died. Milroy said she secretly married the duke during one of his frequent visits to Canada.

REFUSED DETAILS Although she refused to give any details of that event in later years,she told a Galt Reporter writer in 1972 that the marriage took place inwestern Canada and the couple had two sons, Edward and Andrew. Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallace Simpson, and Americandevorcee, in 1936. When asked for prove of her marriage, Milroy saidthat the duke had taken all pictures, records and momentoes of the event with him to back England. A Guelph woman who befriended Milroy in 1983 said Milroy promised toremain silent on the matter 'They'll have to wait until I die: thenthey'll know,' the woman quoted Milroy as saying. She added that Milroyalso mentioned a family Bible that would clear up some of the mystery. Milroy, 95, was born in Galt (Cambridge) and went to school there. Shetaught school in Lambton Mills, Malton, Northern Ontario and Rockwood for35 years. She also wrote a book for senior students and centred theaction in Rockwood. In later years, she was a regular contributor to theLetters to the Editor section of the Mercury as she commented on events of local and national interest. She died at Guelph General Hospital on Saturday and a private familyservice was held Monday. She is survived by a niece and nephew in Guelph. Then internment took place in Cambridge's Mount View Cemetery, beneaththe monument that put the quite, private woman in the public eye just over a decade ago.

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ROYAL UNDERWEAR AUCTIONED I thought you might be interested in the following cutting from the London (England) Daily Mirror.'Two pairs of underpants worn by King George VI as a child and left in theestate of a Canadian woman who died last year are to be auctioned off in Toronto.'My Aunt sent it to me recently. She was very interested in the articleabout Millicent Millroy and the Prince and commented there was a lot oftruth in it. My aunt was a lady's maid for the Queen Mother's family many years ago.

Gladys Aslett 120 Stuart St. Guelph