THE KING AT LOURDES
PYRENEAN EXCURSION. Bj TelerraDh-Presa Assocl&tioii-CoDjrlKlil (Kec. April 22, 9.40 p.m.) Paris, April 22. King Edward is at Pau, the French winter resort in the Lower Pyrenees. Hβ motored to Cauterete (a village with mineral springs, in the higher Pyrenees), thence to Argeles-de-Bigorre (on the Pau), and Pierrefitte, an excursion centre, of the Pyrenee*.The Royal party then motored back 2S miles to Pau, returning by way of" Lourdes, the Roman Catholic place of pilgrimage. ' , His Majesty visited the Lourdes (Jrotto and the Church of the Rosary, ond stood with uncovered head while a procession of pilgrims passed. ! King Edward will lea\e Biarritz on Tuesday, and will reach London on, Wednesday. [There is a belief that in : 1858 the Virgin Mary appeared in the Grotto of Lourdes, above which a magnificent basilica has since.been erected.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 799, 23 April 1910, Page 5
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