PRINCESSES EAGERLY AWAIT ARAB GIFTS
| The Arab horses which the Eniir Abdullah of Transjordan is sendiiig to Princcss Elizabeth and Princess Alargaret as gifts are eagerly awaited. i Both the Princesses are fond of riding, | states a London niessage. Jt is not tlie first time that ArabJ rulers have made gifts of horses to tlie j Koyal family. In l!).'I4 tlie ruler of Transjordan gave King Goorge V a , beautiful Arai), and three years laterj the King- of Iledjaz sent a pair of l A rabs. Unfortunately the horses wero not i suitable for cerenionial work. Fsuallv ' sucli gifts are sent to Windsor (o ac j cliniatise, and are then taken iu haml j by the King's grooin. Tt depends ou i liis rojiort whether they join the rauks j of cerenionial horses. Afany of theiii are too temperaiiieutal i to resjiond to the intensive discipline • required. j
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 August 1946, Page 7
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