KING'S GRATITUDE TO HIS PEOPLE
BROADCAST ON SILVER WEDDING DAY QUEEN STRESSES VALUE OF ■HAPPY HOMES London, April 27. "It is an unforgettable experience to realise how many thousands of people in the world wish to join in the thankfulness we feel' for 25 years of supremely happy life," said the King in the course of his silver wedding broadcast. "It has been a memorable day for the Royal Family," he added. "Those years, for all who have lived through them," His Majesty continued, "have been full of difficulty and anxiety, and often of sorrow.. On me, in my endeavour to ' fulfil my appointed task, they have laid a heavy burden which, at times, would almost have been too heavy but for the strength and comfort I have always found in my home. The Queen, broadcasting after the King, said she also was grateful for 25 years of 'happiness with the King. "Looking back over the past 25 years I realise more and more the wonderful sense of security and happiness which comes from a loved home," she said. "My heart goes out to those who are living in uncongenial surroundings, longing for homes of their own. I am sure oatience, tolerance and love will keep their faith undimmed."
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14657, 28 April 1948, Page 3
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