Further Details Of Royal Family's Tour

Chronicle (Levin), 2 November 1948, Page 5

Further Details Of Royal Family's Tour

Received M.nidav, 7 p.m. LOXDOX, Xovr 1. Suggest ions that tlie Koval tour of Australia and Xew Zealand uext year inav be eancelled uerause of the kiteroa! iona! siiuation, are empliaticiilly lis(*(iuutcil liere. Tliere ajipears to lie uu imOs wliatever for rumours that the Adaiiralty has cnnsidered the need for i retiiining the battleship Vanguard in hoiue waters. On the eontrary, as soon as the sliip returns from her preseut slmke down rruise to Malta, final prejuirat ions for the tour will be comJileted. Tiiere has been uo ehange 111 the details of the itineraries as already ann ounced ain] tlie King is lioff considering the details of the timetable for departure from Loudon. Tliis will probtiblv closely follow the arrangenients made uhcn their Majesties and tlie two I'riucesses left for South Africa hist Vea r. lt is not yet deeided whether the Royal partv will drive in state earrlages from i'ludiingluun 1'alaee to Waterloo Station where tliey' will enfrain l'or Devonport or whether they wiii use cars but in view of the fart that they will be departing in midwinter. a earriage drive is doubtful. Tn eitiier event the Sovereign 's Eseort of Ihe Honselndd Oavalry will probablv ride with tlie Royal party from the Palare 10 Waterloo. The \ anguard is at present scheduled to sail from Devonport at high tide about I p.m. 011 January 27. Xeitlier the Queen nor Princess Marguret has yet iinaiised any details of their wardrobes for tlie tour tliough the liims of Xorman llartnell and .\lolyiieii\, wiiiidi have been coinniissioned by ihe Queen and Princess, are at present jnepiiring designs. These are. unlikely to iie coiujdeleil and approved for e . «" al weeks. The Pauamanian (loverinncnt has invited tlie King, Queen and Princess to spend two dtiys asiiore when the Vanguard passes througli the Canal but it j is unlikely it will be possibie to accept ! the in vitat 1011 111 fuljh Their Majesties mu! ihe Princess niay, however, go j a-hore brietly to be received by the | President of tlie Republic. Tlie lirst of the five Vikings of the King's Plight. will leave for Xew Zeal.'ind 1'roin Beuson R.A.F. Station, Oxfordshire, 011 Xovemlier 15. Brigadier Xorman Gwatkin, Assistant Comptrol-b-r of ihe I.ord Chamberlain 's Departiiiens, who reeeutly returned from a \ isit to Australia and Xew Zealand, wili iravel with it and will act as adviser 011 cerenionial niatters and Ihu-iei oj'.icer for the tour. I11 addition to his sei-retaries and Master of the HuuselroM. the King will take with him his piMsoual \alet .rerrain and four or li\e of the Royal pages and footmen iri.m Diickiugliaiu Palace. Four Royal Marino sergeants from tlie Vanguard eompiemeiit will also be attached as Royal orderlies, Tlie Queen's dresser, .Miss Willock, will be itnother of the Royal alteniliiuts.