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KING OPENS WRONG LETTER, LONDON, September 15. Of all the letters that- King Gustaf ,of Sweden opened on his 75th birthday he probably was most pleased with the one beginning: “Darling, can you meet me this evening at the usual rendezvous V ’
The king was pleased, hut so . surprised that he looked at the envelope again and found that this loving message was not for him after all, hut addressed to a sailor on the warship Gustaf the Fifth. The letter was marked “-Strictly Private,” and that is why the secretary had left it unopened when dealing with the correspondence The king did not attend the rendezvous, but the sailor did ; for King Gust-af opened no more of his letters .until he had dictated a telegram telling the captain of the ship that the sailor was to be given leave: that evening. It must have been a very puzzled captain and still more bewildered sailor, for neither could understand the king's sudden interest in this particular subject. Not until the story came out in tlio newspapers did the sailor’s sweetheart know, that she had addressed the king as “Darling.” She remarked: “Well, lie certainly behaved like a darling.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1933, Page 6
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200MESSAGE ASTRAY Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1933, Page 6
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