 Lang was responsible for drafting King George V 's silver jubilee broadcast message in 1935 , and the king 's last two Christmas messages . However , this closeness to the throne was not maintained when the king died in January 1936 and was succeeded by his son , Edward VIII . The new king was wary of Lang , whom he had once admired . He now found him " rather ... accustomed to the company of princes and statesmen , more interested in the pursuit of prestige and power than the abstractions of the human soul " . 
