ROYAL RECEPTION
ARGENTINE MISSION
ESCORT OF LIFE GUARDS
WELCOME BY PRINCE
(British Official Wireless.) BUGBY, 7th February. The Prince of Wales, in the uniform of a colonel of the Irish Guards, was present at Victoria Station this afternoon to welcome, on behalf of the King, Dr. Julio Boca,, Vice-President of the Argentine Bepublic, who, with members of his mission to Britain, arrived by the Boyal train from Dover. On greeting His ,-Excellency as he stepped from the train, the Prince introduced him and his colleagues to the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, to representatives of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and to Lord Trenchard, Chief Commissioner of Police.' The party, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, drove in Boyal carriages to the Carlton Hotel escorted by detachments of the First and Second Life Guards. * ~..'■■ Earlier in the afternoon, on reaching Dover by mail steamer from France, the members of the mission were greeted by Admiral Sir Henry Buller, Groom-in-Waiting to the King,, .who is specially attached to the mission. A guard of honour was drawn up at the quayside, and military and civil authorities were present to welcome the guests. .'. ■ •
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1933, Page 11
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191ROYAL RECEPTION Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1933, Page 11
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