PRINCESS MARGARET
THE FUNERAL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) STOCKHOLM, May 9. (Received May 10, 8.25 p.m.) The late Crown Princess Margaret was buried on Thursday. In a document -written in 1914 she detailed arrangements for her funeral. She asked that she should be buried in open country in her wedding dress, with a crucifix in her hand, and that her bridal veil should cover her body until the coffin was closed. If her children were young they should be dressed in white, not black. NEW ZEALAND’S SYMPATHY. DUKE OF CONNAUGHTS ACKNOWLEDGMENT. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 10. Die Governor-General has received the following telegrams from Field-Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, in reply to those sent by His Excellency on May 5, in connection with the death of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Sweden: “ Please accept yourself and convey to the Dominion my sincere thanks for their kind sympathy. “(Signed) ARTHUR.” “Please thank the New Zealand Rifle Brigade for their kind sympathy, which I much appreciate. “(Signed) ARTHUR.”
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Southland Times, Issue 18818, 11 May 1920, Page 5
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177PRINCESS MARGARET Southland Times, Issue 18818, 11 May 1920, Page 5
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