§ 2.57 p.m.
§ LORD MACLEANMy Lords, I have the honour to present to your Lordships a Message from Her Majesty the Queen, signed by her own hand. The Message is as follows:
"I thank you sincerely for your loyal and dutiful Address of sympathy on the occasion of the death of His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor.
"I am glad to think that my Uncle's service to his country and to the British Empire is remembered with gratitude at this time.
"I am conveying the House's expression of sympathy to the Duchess of Windsor."