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ROYAL REUNION

BELGIAN KING AND CHILDREN A prisoner of war in his own castle, King Leopold of Belgium has his children with him again—after weeks of separation amid war’s tumult—but he still awaits the return of hundreds of thousands of his countrymen who fled to France during Germany’s invasion of the Low Lands. About 1,500,000 Belgians were wandering refugees in France when the armistice was signed. They have been returning only gradually to their homes. Even before the conclusion of the battle of France, the King of the Belgians did what he couid to speed repatriation of Belgian refugees. He asked the President of Switzerland June 13 to negotiate with French and German authorities for the return of Belgians across Swiss frontiers. Last month he won Red Cross co-opera-tion. The King’s three minor children, Princess Charlotte, Crown Prince Baudouin, and Prince Albert were detained for a while in France—apparently against the wishes of their father, who had given instructions to send them to Portugal. German military authorities intervened to speed the children’s home-coming recently. Also with the King now are his mother, the Dowager Queen Elizabeth, and'his brother, Prince Charles. They are living in Laeken Castle, the usual residence of ,the Royal family.

The Queen Mother Elizabeth has resumed her task of comforting incapacitated Belgian soldiers. She meets popular demonstrations of loyalty wherever she goes, says the Christian Science Monitor.

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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 9

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ROYAL REUNION Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 9

ROYAL REUNION Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 9

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