AN INTRUDER.
IWAW ftf ROYAL APARfMENTS.
PLACES GRIEVANCE BEFORE .the queen. (United |*ress Association—Copyright.)' (Received This Day, 1.15 a.m.) LONDON, February 21. » The “Daily Mail” relates an astonishing incident in which the Queen suddenly found herself confronted in her private apartments by a man suffering from a grievance, who had obtained a job in the Royal household and quickly familiarised himself with the Queen’s apartments, which he. entered one evening. ff AVhat are you doing here?” the Queen asked the man, who then told his story. The Queen listened calmly for 10 minutes, although she eould easily have summoned aid, and promised to have the man’s case examined. Steps have since been taken to make a repetition of the incident impossible. Later a young soldier told the “Daily Mirror” that he wanted the Queen to help him join the Auxiliary ' Fire Service. After deserting and starving for some weeks he went to a labour exchange in the district where their Majesties live and got a job as a fitter’s mate in the Royal household. He found out where the Queen’s jooms were situated and made up his mind to see her. He strolled boldly up to her room and knocked. The man is now facing trial on a charge of
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19410222.2.43
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 113, 22 February 1941, Page 6
Word Count
210AN INTRUDER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 113, 22 February 1941, Page 6
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in