Statement On Future Plans Tomorrow

Chronicle (Levin), 6 January 1948, Page 5

Statement On Future Plans Tomorrow

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Received Tuesday, 10.45 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 5. Shouts of "Vive le Roi" from an excited crowd greeted ex-King Michael of Rumania as he stepped from his train at Lausanne, says the British United Press eorrespondent. Michael's aunt, the Prin■J cess of Aosta, and uncle, Nicholas v of Rumania, welcomed him. Michael and ex-Queen Helen drove in Michael's own car to an hotel. iviicnaei nad leit -his car in Lausanne three weeks ago. When told at the hotel that a personal telephone call from Copenhagen was due, Michael said he wanted the call delayed 90 minutes. d Michael's entourage said that Michael had with him on the train only his clothes, four Anieriean motor-cars and some valuable vines. Michael left behind his famous works of art and othef valuables. Reuter's Paris correspondent quotes Princess Anne's brother, Prince Michael of Bourbon-Parma, as saying: "The marriage won't be held immediately, but my sister will join Michael immediately in Switzerland. Michael is one of the best fellows in the world." Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent reports that Princess Anne, after a long telephone conversation with ex-King Michael in Lausanne, said: "Isn't it wonderful. He is perfectly safe." A message from Lausanne states that Michael will issue a statement on his abdication and future plans tomorrow.