A SUIT FOR THE PRINCE
; When the Prince of Wales went to the Austrian exhibition held last year ,in London he made up his mind to pay a visit to Austria. He would have gone in the summer if it had not been for the unrest in Austria,, and the committee of the exhibition ordered him a surprise present of two Tyrojese hunting, suits to be made by a tailor in Vienna. As the gift was to be kept a secret there was a problem for the tailor. How was he to obtain the Prince's measurements? He- sent a friend to London to find out privately, but without success. Then a bright idea came to him. He went to Madame Tussaud's and asked permission to measure the waxwork of. the Prince.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 20
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131A SUIT FOR THE PRINCE Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 20
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