ROYAL MARRIAGE
FORMAL. CONSENT OF PRIVY ; COUNCIL. .bi;iti~b crrit:»L. --■■us.ls.-; ;, RUGBY. October 5 The King held a Privy Council a f Buckingham Palace, at which hi> Majesty gave his formal consent to * the marriage of Princess Marina and % Prince George. | The council was one of the mo?' + i'epresentative held in recent years f Two members of the Royal Family the Prince of Wales and the Duke | of Connaught, were present. Thc 1 council was the first State function j in which the Prime Minister (Mr j Ramsay Mac Donald) has partici- i pated since his return from hi-- - a health tour. i
By a fortunate occurrence, thre? \ statesmen who hold or have held the 1 office of Prime Minister in Dominion j Governments were also in Londo:; J and attended the council. They wer"~ | Mr R. B. Bennett (Canada), | •J. C. Smuts (South Africa), and Mr ■'
S. TVI. Bruce (Australia). j The council meeting lasted a qua; - t ter of an hour, after which the doors were opened and Prince George en- ; tcred. He shook hands with each \ Privy Councillor, and laughingly ; thanked them for formally acceding to his marriage. He wns not qualified to attend the meeting, not being a Privy Councillor. >
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21289, 8 October 1934, Page 11
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