FAREWELL TO SWEDEN
PEINCE BEOADCASTS
IMPRESSIONS OF VISIT
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY",, 11th. October. The Prince of- Wales and' Prince George ta-day ended their short visit to Sweden* which, they have both so obviously, enjoyed. Kfng Gustavand several members of tie Swedish Eoyal Family were at the station^ when, they }e£t, aa well as a great crowd. The Princes were spending;.'this evening at Gothenburg before, leaving, at midnight foi Malmo, where an aeroplane will ba taken for Hamburg. Prince George will then fly to London, while the. Prince of. "Wales will pay a short, private visit to Amsterdam, staying at the British. Lega? tion. . • ■ -i . The Prince of "Wales' broadcast a speech last night in. which he expressed to the people of Sweden warm, thanks for the friendly reception given to his. brother and. himself. He said that he was much impressed: by all he had seen,' by the beauty of Sweden's; country and capital, and by those aspects iof industrial life which he had been; able to inspect. -.-■•* Commenting; on the widespread, knowledge of the English.- language among all classes in, Sweden, which -had! impressed' him especially, her expressed the opinion that Swedes were wise ta leant English because it was becoming one of the best and easiest means...of intercourse between nations/- It was a. great satisfaction to him to observe -the growing tendency in Sweden toward commercial and cultural relations with; Britain, which, he assured the Swedes Britain would reciprocate ftdly and ■warmly. . ,-
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 11
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245FAREWELL TO SWEDEN Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 11
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