KING AND QUEEN IN LONDON
PREPARATIONS FOR RESIDENCE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE (BRITISH OFFICIAL ‘WIRELESS.) RUGBY, January 12. The King and Queen, who returned to London from Sandring- - ham yesterday, are visiting BuckPalace to-day to inspect the decorations which are in hand in preparation for their Majesties’ taking up residence there. They will return to Sandringham to-morrow. While at Buckingham. Palace the Queen will make decisions for the accommodation of visitors to the Coronation. STATE COACH FOR THE CORONATION RENOVATIONS TO TAKE SEVEN WEEKS (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) RUGBY, January 12. The regilding and renovating of the 176-years-old State coach in which the King and Queen will drive to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation are being undertaken. The work will take seven weeks to complete. KING’S HORSE WINS LONDON, January 12. King George had his first win on the turf when his horse Marconi, the favourite, won the Smethwick Handicap Steeplechase at Birmingham, beating the Grand National favourite. Marconi, who has now raced in the colours of three Kings, was well to the rear a mile from home, but he then came through amid loud cheering.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21990, 14 January 1937, Page 9
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