They were too often surprised by the simplest manifestations of childishness in children

Yet it cannot be denied that, between them, King George and Queen Mary manged to be rather unsuccessful and somewhat unsympathetic parents. They were too often surprised by the simplest manifestations of childishness in children. Why was their eldest son so 'fidgetty', so 'jumpy' as a tiny boy? 'David was "jumpy" yesterday morning, however he got quieter after being out, what a curious child he is', Princess May wrote when Prince Edward of York [Edward VIII] was scarcely two years old.

J . Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary (1959), 392

Princess May took a quite professional interest in anarchists

In common with every other member of a European Royal House, Princess May took a quite professional interest in anarchists. Nor was this interest an academic exercise: for she lived to know of several royal assassinations.

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Princess May, like [Alexandra] the Princess of Wales, was in favour of lynch-law for active anarchists. Prince George considered 'hanging or shooting ... much too good for ... an Anarchist, they all ought to be exterminate like wasps'. 

J . Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary (1959), 237-8