It is, as I say, irksome to have to hear the way these same people now talk of

those times, and in particular, what some have said concerning his lordship. The

great hypocrisy of these persons would be instantly obvious to. you were you to

see just a few of their own guest lists from those days; you would see then not

only the extent to which Herr Ribbentrop dined at these same persons' tables,

but that he often did so as guest of honour.

 

And then again, you will hear these same persons talking as though Lord

Darlington did something unusual in receiving hospitality from the Nazis on the

several trips he made to Germany during those years. I do not suppose they would

speak quite so readily if, say, The Times were to publish even one of the guest

lists of the banquets given by the Germans around the time of the Nuremberg

Rally.

 

The fact is, the most established, respected ladies and gentlemen in England

were availing themselves of the hospitality of the German leaders, and I can

vouch at first hand. that the great majority of these persons were returning

with nothing but praise and admiration for their hosts. Anyone who implies that

Lord Darlington was liaising covertly with-a known enemy is just conveniently

forgetting the true climate of those times.

 

It needs to be said too what salacious nonsense it is to claim that Lord

Darlington was anti-Semitic, or that he had close association with organizations

like the British Union of Fascists. Such claims can only arise from complete

ignorance of the sort of gentleman his lordship was. Lord Darlington came to