PRINCE’S AFRICAN TOUR
TO FINISH LAST YEAR’S PROGRAMME STRICTLY PRIVATE EXPEDITION British Official Wireless. (Rec. December 30. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, December 29. _ The Prince of AVales will leave England next Friday for South Africa in order to finish the programme he had arranged for last year, which was interrupted by the grave illness of the King. His Royal Highness will be accompanied by Colonel Piers Legh and Captain Aird, and will travel by the Union Castle steamer, Kenilworth Castle. He will land in Cape Town, and stay in the Union probably about a fortnight before making his way overland to East Africa for big game shooting. The expedition will be of a strictly private character, and no official engagements of any kind will be made during the trip. How long the Prince will remain i£ East Africa has not been decided, and details of his arrangements have been left to be settled after bls arrival. It is anticipated that the Prince will be back in England some time in April, though this cannot be definitely stated.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 82, 31 December 1929, Page 9
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