Princess and husband leave

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33450, 4 February 1974, Page 2

Princess and husband leave

Christchurch hud a last glimpse of The Royal Family at Christchurch Airport yesterday when at 5.20 p.m. Princess Anne and her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, left on a National Airways flight for Wellington.

They were given a warm send-off by a crowd of more than 4000 people. On arrival at the terminal, direct from the Horse of the' Year Show at Rangiora, Princess Anne and Captain Phillips walked through the over-! seas concourse and sat upstairs for a few minutes before moving outside through the crowd. They were seen off at the fool of the aircraft steps by the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr N. G. Pickering) and Mrs Pickering; the town clerk and

general manager (Mr J. H. Gray), the chairman of Papajrua County Council (Mr D. H. Warren) and Mrs Warren; the chairman of the Christchurch City Council’s airport committee (Cr W. Massey), the airport general manager (Mr A. I. R. Jamieson), and the deputy N.A.C. branch manager (Mr J. Glasson). As the aircraft took off, the couple was farewelled by i a waving crowd on the terminal’s viewing decks. In the morning, the Queen and Prince Philip had been driven on to the tarmac to a Ministry of Transport Fok-I ker Friendship, which took them to Oamaru. They were seen off by thej same officials and within five] minutes of their arrival were aboard the Friendship, with only a brief stop at the doorway for a wave to the watching crowd.