PRINCE OF WALES
VISIT TO INDIA POSTPONED
STRENGTH OVER-TAXED IN
PRESENT TOUR
By Teleffrapn-Prcsß Assooiation-Copyrls-M
(Heo. August 19, 0.10 a.m.)
London, August 17,
A Royal proclamation announces that His Majesty the King'a hope to send the Prince of Wales to India next' winter cannot, unhappily, he realised, because the unceasing devoted labours of the Prince of Wales in other parts of the Empire have laid so heavy a burden upon his strength that it is impossible for him at present to undertake another protracted and arduous journey without assuredly endangering his health. The visit consequently must be postponed, but if he has recovered it is hoped that the Prince of Wales will visit India during the winter of next year. Meanwhile, • in order to mark m a 6pecial manner the momentous 6tep India is now taking towards greater constitutional freedom, His Majesty is sending the Duke of Coivnaught to inaugurate the reformed Indian Legislatures and take part in other ceremonies the -Prince of Wales would have performed—Rewer.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 279, 19 August 1920, Page 5
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167PRINCE OF WALES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 279, 19 August 1920, Page 5
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