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tried to stop, was concussed for approximately half an hour. This led to questions being raised in the House of Commons as to the safe wellbeing of the Prince, and the Prime Minister writing to the Prince on 19 March 1924 appealing to the Prince to give up competitive riding. A subsequent letter to the Prince from his father, dated 30 March 1924, asked for similar but confirmed the Prince could still enjoy hunting and playing polo.
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In the winter of 1924, The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor), suffered a heavy fall at the first fence of a race for Lord Cavan's Cup held at the Arborfield Cross Point-to-Point meeting. The Prince, who was known for his daredevil horsemanship, something that his father George V
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is another popular restaurant in the village. There is a village store and a garage where drivers can get their cars washed. One Saturday every summer there was, until 2010, a charity gig in the park: Rock in the Rec.
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There is a mixture of housing, ranging from beautiful 15th century cottages through to modern housing. The local
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It is situated at what was a cross-roads but is now a roundabout on the A327 road, 3 miles south-east of
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Duke of Windsor, A King's Story, 1951, p195-197, Cassell and Co, London
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Arborfield, Saskatchewan
Arborfield

Roundabout
Arborfield Cross is located in Berkshire
Berkshire
OS grid reference
SU761670
Civil parish
Arborfield and Newland
Unitary authority
Wokingham
Ceremonial county
Berkshire
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Police
Thames Valley
Fire
Royal Berkshire
Ambulance
South Central
UK
England
Berkshire
51°23′49″N 0°54′19″W / 51.396873°N 0.905288°W / 51.396873; -0.905288
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