PRINCE CHRISTENED
President A God-Parent (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 4. For the first time in history, a citizen of the United States lias stood sponsor for a member of the British Royal Family, President Roosevelt being one of the god-parents of' the second son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, who was born on American Independence Day and who was christened today by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Prince was named Michael George Charles Franklin and will be known as Prince George of Kent.
The Duke of Kent stood proxy for the President. The other god-parents .were the King, King Haakon of Norway, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, the Duke of Gloucester, the Crown Princess of Greece, Lady Patricia Ramsay and the Dowager r Marghioness.,o£_M-il£prd, Jlaycn.''
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 264, 6 August 1942, Page 5
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128PRINCE CHRISTENED Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 264, 6 August 1942, Page 5
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