European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday may1, 1986 the stars and stripes. Page .3. Duchess of Windsor buried beside Duke Windsor Ena and a the Duchess of wind or the american Divorcee for whom King Edward Viii gave up his i bronc was buried beside her husband tues Day. The simple funeral attended by Queen Elizabeth ii and 16 members of her family was the final chapter to a King and commoner Romance that rocked 1910s Brit Ain and forced the couple into virtual exile at the insistence of a scandalized monarchy. The 2b-Minutc ceremony passed without visible Dis plays of emotion. There was no mention of the Duchess by name or title nor of the tumultuous Rote she played in British history. The Duchess twice divorced Baltimore socialite Wai is Burfield Simpson died childless in Paris thursday at 89, having outlived the Duke by 14 years. Her body was flown sunday to Britain a land she was once quoted As saying she would hate to my a congregation of 175 people gathered in St. George s Chapel at Windsor Castle outside London to Kneel in prayer. The Queen her husband Prince Philip and heir Prince Charles attended As did the Duchess s Loyal servants including her Butler Ami chauffeur who flew from Paris. ,. Only is people led by the Queen went to the family cemetery at frag orc gardens on the Windsor estate for the burial beside the Duke who died in 1972 at Agen. -. It was a private funeral As the Duchess requested years ago and members of the news Media were Kepi at a distance inside the towering 16th-Century Chapel. But the ceremony was Royal enough to signal at least partial acceptance of the Duchess into the Royal fold. The Oak casket s inscription said simply Wallis Duchess of Windsor 1896-1986 without the Hrh her Royal highness which would have signified posthumous membership in the monarchy. Bui an the lid Lay a single Wreath of freshly nicked while and yellow Lowers from the Windsor gardens a tribute from the Queen who is credited with starting the slow reconciliation with the Duchess following the Duke s death. The Duke always wanted his wife to be buried beside him and be called in the spirit of delicate Compromise with which she has dealt with the Windsor Britain s Queen Eliza Bolh ii follows the coffin of the Duchess of Windsor Asil is carried to St. George s Chapel affair the Queen granted one wish but not the other. Edward Viii gave up his throne rather than live with out the woman i love As he called her in his dramatic abdication broadcast to the nation on dec. 11,1936. His successor George i is buried in St. George s Chapel with his predecessor George v and eight other Kings. The Church of England of which the Monarch is temporal head Ted opposition to the King s marrying h Divorcee and the couple had to go to France for their 1937 marriage. But the state Church gave the Duchess a full anglican Farewell. Archbishop of Canterbury Robert runic the Church s spiritual head gave inc Blessing and inc serv ice was conducted by the Dean of Windsor the Rev Michael Mann. A choir song a psalm. There were no eulogies. The Queen wearing Black was hunted by Philipi. Charles and his wife Diana Princess Anne and Queen Mather Elizabeth. ,. The Queen s Sisler. Princess Margaret and younger sons Andrew and Edward were , Bui prime min ister Margaret Thatcher opposition labor party Leader Neil Kinlock and . Ambassador Charles Price in tended. ,. Americans in France urged to be attentive to threat Paris up us ambassador Joe m. Rodgers says americans in France should be attentive to the potential danger of a terrorist attack but the embassy was not urging american tourists la cancel vis its. Rodgers in a statement distributed Mon Day ulog urged americans not to show resentment or hostility toward the French government far refusing to let . Fighter bombers flyover France in route to Libya for their april i 5 bombing raid. He Slid the Bonds of common values which unite us Wilh France Are too important to be put into question by this Inci an estimated 17,000 americans live in France most of them in Paris. Last year 3 million american Lou risks visited the coun try. The tourism ministry expects i million of those to cancel visits this year partly because of fears of terrorism and partly because of the weakness of the Dollar. Most . Institutions have adopted tightened Security measures to head off the threat of terrorism. Same have taken Down . Flogs or removed identifying plaques in an attempt to remain Anonymous. Rangers said the . Embassy has received Many inquiries from americans Liv ing in France or those considering visiting this year. Airlines have reported thousands of cancellations. We have urged americans to exercise prudence to take common sense precautions and to be attentive to inc potential danger of a terrorist attack Rodgers said. At the same Lime and i want to make this very Clear the uni cd states govern ment has not and is not advising americans to cancel visit to France to leave France or to forgo Normal activities in France he said. Rangers said Security for americans is up to the French government which has dispatched extra Security police to subway stations airports and some Lurge department stores. He said thai although the French government will continue to do everything it can to ensure the Security of americans this docs not mean that there is no danger or no he said americans As we have always done when challenged should show Calm and stability and should live their lives Trust Rij Liudis in Rodgers addressed reports from the United slates that said some americans were cancelling visits to Prunch because of the French refusal to Lei the Fli is Fly i or France from their buses in England to Libya. The refusal nearly doubled what would Havck Cana Limo Mileon Uay a Ftp. Rodgers said France has shown Licker mined resolve to keep Libya from conquer ing its neighbors and has stood Basiul us and lost men in Huilui i personally believe that Llie Western world is poised for an unprecedented show of Unity on the Issue of terrorism. We must not Sec this Opportunity lost through misunderstandings or differences of opinion on of the Atlantic Rodgers said. Air service Between ., soviet Union resumes Moscow a the first . Commercial flight w inc soviet Union since 1978 arrived Here tuesday carry ing the . Ambassador and 56 other passengers who drank Champagne to Toast resumption of air service be tween the superpowers. The pan american world airways flight from new York via Frankfurt touched Down at Moscow s scr Csc Levo Airport about 10 minutes late on tuesday afternoon a soviet acro Floi Jet left Moscow earlier in the Day headed for Dulles Airport in Washington after a refuelling Slop in Gander Newfoundland president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail a Gorba Chev agreed at Lasi november s Geneva Summit to resume commercial air service Between the iwo nations which was interrupted by a pan am decision and later by Dis osric mints Between the iwo nations Over world affairs. Among those aboard the pan am Boeing 727, which scats 145 passengers were . Ambassador Arthur Hart Man and his wife Donna and Hans Mirka pan am senior vice president for held sales and services. The passengers new of Frankfurt from new York aboard a Boeing 747, then changed to inc 727 for the final leg 10 Moscow. Mirin was greeted by olog Smirnov soviet Deputy civil aviation minister. We consider inc renewal of the flights As a practical Slep in the course of normalizing soviet american Urcla Smirnov told Mirka. Mirka said we arc delighted to be Back in the soviet Union after an High year absence. We arc in inc business of building Bridges and i mean air Bridges and Bridges of he told reporters pan am quit flying to Moscow in 197b because it was taking a Bath financially. He said a better agreement with the soviets will ensure pan am a Marc profitable operation. The administration of president Carter ordered Crof lot to slap its service to new York after the soviet military intervention in Afghanistan in 1979, but allowed it to continue serving Washington. Reagan ordered a halt to the Washington service two years later after martial Law was declared in Poland effectively ending the rights of us. Carriers to land in the Ovici Union. During the suspension airlines from other countries carried passengers Between the iwo nations. The agreement allows pan am to make four flights a week to the soviet Union from Frankfurt. Two flights a week will continue on to Leningrad Aeroflot will make four flights a week to tile uni cd states and will begin serving new York in addition 10 Washington on May 4. No other . Airline has declared interest in the resumed .-Savid air agreement. Soviet officials and Western travel agents say resumption of the flights coupled with u fear of terrorism in Western Europe already has prompted increasing num Bers of americans to schedule trips to the soviet Union. Francis h. Coranine who represented the american society of travel agents on tuesday s flight said he expects about 75,000 american tourists to Elsil the soviet Union this year a 30 percent increase from 1985. Soviet news Media widely publicized the agreement to resume direct service saying that Moscow always favored such an Accord but Washington set up obstacles. Price Are the same for both airlines midweek coach fare Between new Yor Kaad the soviet Union costss9 9round trip
