LONDON: A surgeon removed a part or all of one lung of King George VI on Sunday [Sept 23], and the deeply troubled nation was told that the Monarch was still in danger although his immediate condition was satisfactory.

[A] bulletin from the Bucl(ingham Palace said . the 55-year-old King underwent an operation for `lung resection` on Sunday morning, which could mean either the part or whole of one lung was removed. The operation was the most delicate one, in either case involving cutting out one or more of ribs in the bacl( and .

required most of the entire morning.

The operation was underway at the very hours that millions knelt in churches to pray for the recovery of their sovereign and to sing `God Save the King` with tear-brimmed eyes. Princess Elizabeth, who would inherit world`s greatest monarchal throne should her father die, went with her mother, Dulce of Edinburgh and Princess Margaret to Lambeth Palace for service.

Eight doctors attended the operation in the ... ball room of the palace ... lighted and converted into a surgical amphitheater. The operation was performed by Dr Clement Price Thomas... . News agencies