COMMUNIST LEAFLETS DROPPED
PRINCESS AND DUKE AT HOME EXHIBITION
LONDON. February 28. Soon after Princess Elizabeth * and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia, two men climbed the rails of the balcony and threw a shower of leaflets down on the Royal party. The leaflets bore Communist propaganda about the housing problem. On.e man shouted: “Houses for all. not for the few. Houses for the working people and not for the rich.” Another man pulled the demonstrator down. The Princess and the Duke ignored the incident.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25742, 2 March 1949, Page 5
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