KING’S QUOTATION
Vain Search For Source LONDON, December 25. The King, in his Christmas broadcast spoke into the same microphone as he used on his first Christmas broadcast in 1937. He then intended to discontinue the practice, because it was one so personally connected with King George V. However, he br ° a ' l ' cast today because his peoples are at " The King had Christmas luncheon with the Queen and the Princesses. A little later he left his family and went aioue into his study. The Queen and the Princesses entered another room to hear his words through a loudMajesty’s quotation baffled literary men, who were unable to Gace its .source. It is reported from Court circles that Ills Majesty cljose the quotation himself. He did not revea the origin, and those in Court circles searched vainly after the speech was first drafted. The Press Association says that the King himself does not know the source of his quotation. He did not find it in a book, but came across it recently. He was so struck by the words that he decided to incorporate them in tlie broadcast.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 79, 27 December 1939, Page 7
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187KING’S QUOTATION Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 79, 27 December 1939, Page 7
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