ROYAL BETROTHAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 281, 25 November 1921, Page 5

ROYAL BETROTHAL.

DELIGHT IN ENGfcAMD. (Kp-eiTctl lo.ati a.in.) LONDON, November 24. The Queen and Prineeus Mary had luncheon with Viscount Lascelles ;>t Choeterlkld House, Afterwards the trio drove in an open landau from Buckingham Palace through Hyde Park ami main West End thorough fares, wheru large crouds recognised and warmly saluted tlie party. Princcen iilary's engagement rin? i* set with ■> single squmo-cui emerald. In an interview, Viscount Laacellcs »;iiil ".hat he chose the rinpr, and lie was jjlad to say that it met with the Princess' approval. "I know nothing of a proiwtal to advance mo a step in the peerage,"' lie added. ''1 should think it very unlikely." Viscount f.ascrlles, :is (-hairm-.n of the West End Hospital for Nervou* Disease?, presided at the annual dinner at the Trocadero rcstaurnnt. He was tho recipient of a fsrrnt ovation, cheerinj crowds lining the streets. Prince Henry was present at the dinner. jnousanda of people gathered in t'.io vicinity of Buckingham Palace ea 1y this mornina, eager to catcli n glimpse of the Prince**. A hundred lliod people signed the visitors' hook. Tliouf<and!« of cong'ratulatorv telegran>s have hecn received, including one from the Prince of Wales. Sir Tetor Macßrido trle.irraphed to Princess Mary congratulations on behalf of the Government nnd people nf Victoria. Tlie Princess replied that she was greatly struck by the kind mesf=ng<\ and «4shcd to thank the Government ami people most sincerely for their g0i. , . , . wishes.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) WOMEN Or EMPIRE'S GIFT. (TJp'-cireil l.:l'l p.m.) LONDON, November 24. A movement is afoot for v.-omen of all classes throughout the Empire to combine to send the Princess a wedding gift. (A. and N.Z. Cable.)