Royal couple depart
About 50 people, most of them Dutch, turned out at Christchurch Airport yester-l day morning in spite of gloomy weather to bid farewell to Crown Princess, Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands. The Royal couple boarded I the Dutch Government’s! Fokker Fellowship at 9.30 i a m.. bound for Taupo. | When Princess Beatrix and Prnce Claus arrived at the airport from their hotel! just after 9 a.rn., they were) met by the Minister of Transport (Mr McLachlan),! the Minister in attendance for the Royal tour, and Mrs McLachlan. The airport’s director (Mr R. C. Buchanan), the Deputy! Mayor of Christchurch (Mr) P. J. R. Skeilerup), and Mrs! Skellerup. and a number of 1 local-body officers were elso) in attendance at the fa'-e-l
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Press, 10 June 1978, Page 2
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