Weighty advice on Royal diet

Press, 13 May 1986, Page 1

Weighty advice on Royal diet

NZPA-PA Tokyo A wafer-thin Princess of Wales came face to face with two large Sumo wrestlers yesterday and both said she should fatten up. The Princess met the two champions — one weighed 197 kg and the other over 230 kg — after seeing them win their bouts in a tournament at the Sumo Stadium, in Tokyo.

The men, who wear only the skimpiest loincloths round their huge haunches leaving their buttocks naked, hastily covered themselves in kimonos for their chat with the Princess.

Yasusar Onokuni, aged 23, was asked by the Princess about his mus-cle-building diet.

He told her he ate a daily stew — a mix of fish and meat — adding “I eat a lot.”

Afterwards Onokuni said “She is fantastic but a little bit thin. She could do with more flesh on her.”

Salevaa Konishiki, aged 22, said “She is beautiful. A girl like that would be

hard to find. But if she were my wife I would want her to put on some more weight.” The Japanese car giant, Nissan, promised the Prince and Princess of Wales a special gift — the first Bluebird car built at the Company’s Sunderland plant in Britain. The Royal couple were presented with the keys to the car, a family saloon, during their visit to Nissan’s Tokyo plant.

The Prince and Princess have said they would be delighted to receive it but will give the vehicle to a charity, Nissan executives said.

Before they left they were given two dozen toy Nissan cars for Prince William and Prince Harry and 100 English copies of a children’s story book produced by Nissan which the Prince and Princess will give to a hospital. The Royal couple lunched with the Prime Minister, Mr Nakasone, before Prince Charles addressed in Diet (Parliament). Their day ended with a dinner and reception at the British Embassy hosted by the British Ambassador to Japan, Sir Sydney Gifford, and Lady Gifford.