KING PREPARES FOR STH. AFRICA VISIT
LONDON, Jan. 24. Constitutional arrangements to be made before the Royal Party leaves for South Africa are occupying the attention of His Majesty, says Reuter's Court correspoiident. The King has summoned the Privy Council to meet at Buckingham Palace on January 29, two days before he leaves London. The Council will hold a "clearing up" meeting at which the King will approve the various orders which must be completed before he can issue letters patent under the Great Seal appointing the Councillors of State to wkom he will entrust Royal powers during his absence. The Duke of Gloucester will be the head of the four or five councillors. The others will be the next in line of succession who are of age — the Princess Royal, her sons Viscount Lascelles and the Honourable Gerald Lascelles, and Princess Arthur of Connaught. A skeleton statf will remain at Buckingham Balace in case the Duke of Gloucester wishes to arrange any State functions there, but these will probably be held at Queen Mary's residence, Marlborough House, because a certain amount of essential redecoi-ation and repair wc-rk, neglected during the wai1, will be done at the Palace while the Court is absent.
Inspection of Planes To Be Used On Tour LONDON, Jan. 24. When the King, Queen, and the Princesses inspected the Viking aircraft, which will be used during their South African tour, Princess Margaret made a "beeline" for the ° cockpit where she sat in the pilot's seat and asked Wing-Commander E. W. Tacon, D.S.O., D.F.C., (form■orly of Napier) to explain the controlsito her while plying him with a strearn of q.uestions. Wing-Com-mander Tacon is Commander of the King's Flight. Meanwhile Their Majesties and Princess Elizabeth, accompanied by the Captain of the King's Flight, AirCommodore E. H. Fielden, seemed more interested in the accommodation, the Queen and Princess Elizabeth being partieularly attracted by a small kitcben or pantry, which has both a waterheater and a refrigerator. Their Majesties spent nearly two hours inspecting the aircraft and talking to the crew.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5311, 25 January 1947, Page 5
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