BETTY’S LATEST GAME
CONTINUALLY RECEIVES SALUTE FROAf SENTRY GUARDSMAN EXHAUSTED AFTER TWENTYAHNUTES United Press Assn, bv El. Tel. Copyright LONDON, Feb. 11. The Daily Alail says Princess Eliza beth. while playing in the grounds of • Buckingham Palace, evaded her nurse and passed a red-coated bearskinned Guards sentry, who promptly presented arms.
Tire princess enjoyed the salute, hut was not sure whether it was a coincidence, so she walked back. Tire sentry again saluted, smacking his rifle sling smartly. lire princess decided that this was a magnificentgame, and again passed, receiving the honor.
She retraced her steps continually for 20 minutes, when the officer on the rounds arrived and discovered the sentry exhausted. The officer hurried off and found the nurse, whose arrival and subsequent inducement to the princess to find another game alone prevented tlie Guardsman's collapse.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11130, 13 February 1930, Page 5
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