FRENCH HOSPITALITY.
THE KING AND QUEEN
PARIS PREPARING
HISTORIC FURNITURE TO BE
USED ■<
(Received April 5, 9 a.m.)
PARIS, April 4,
An entire whig of the Quai d'Orsay Palace, built in 1845, is being convert, ed into a suite for the British King and Queen during their visit to Paris in June. Practically the only apartment that will not be changed will be the .gallery, where the Peace Conference was held in 1919. • The Republic is ransacking it» earlier glories for furniture. The King will sleep in. one of Napoleon Bonaparte's- beds, and one of Marie Antoinette's is1 being brought from Versailles for the Queen.
UNVEILING FUNCTION
CEREMONY TO BE BROADCAST
CANBERRA, April }. The Prime Minister, Mr.' J. A. Lyons, , announced. Jhat the Australian na., tional memorial at Villers-Bretonneux would be unveiled by his Majesty the King on July 1. ■i The' ceremony will, be broadcast to Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 11
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