ROYALTY IN EAST END
AMONG THE COSTERS SURPRISE FOR THE DUKE LONDON, January 30. While the Duke and Duchess of York were on a platform in Finsbury Town Hall watching the East End cosier pearly kings and queens’ ball, a woman wardrobe dealer, Mrs Palmer, belonging to the Caledonian Market, impulsively threw her arms around the Duke’s neck and kissed him before anyone was able to intervene, and then implanted another kiss. The Duke was so surprised that he seemed unable to realise what was happening. Thou, glancing at the Duchess, lie burst out laughing, and the Duchess returned a smile, both appearing to treat the incident as a joke. Mrs Palmer immediately disappeared in the crowd.
The Duke and Duchess delighted the costers by joining in a set of lancers, and the Duchess accepted for Princess Elizabeth a doll dressed as a pearl princess, with 750 pearly buttons on its clothing.
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Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 5
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152ROYALTY IN EAST END Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 5
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