WHOLESOME INFLUENCE
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Princess Eiizabeth Speaks On Commonweaiih
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Received Friday,- 9;2U a.m. BELFAST, May 26. Britain now realised that fnost of ner large family of nations weregrown up and very well able to conduct their own ■ ttffairs, Princess Eiizabeth told the people of Belfast today. The Princess and the Duke of Edinpufgh had come to Belfast to receive the freedom of the city. The Princess said that she and the Duke realised that .the affection sliown them . sprang* largely from the fact that the Crown was the iocus of unity,- eomradeship and moral standards for the British people. "We shall spare no effort to promote- those ends which, however times may change, are themseives anchangeable. I do not think we can do better than try to follow the example set by my parents and I'ranaparents," she said. Britain had never yielded to force out her aim was to maintain her mfluence through goodwill among ^he nations, rather than in an am-pty appearance of power and domination. "Whatever our failings, this is one virtue that the men and women of our stock have carried fco every continent. I believe that in this divided world. the British Commonwealth is one of the most vVhoiesome influences that exists."
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 May 1949, Page 5
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