KING EDWARD’S CRUISE
EMBARKATION ON NAHLIN Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. BELGRADE, August 10. The King has embarked pa the Nahlin. INCOGNITO OBSERVED BELGRADE, August 9. Prince Regent Paul and the British Minister, Mr J. Balfour, welcomed King Edward at the railway station at Jezenice and drove him to Prince Dahl’s summer residence and presented him to Princess Olga. After this they accompanied him by train, to_ Ljubljana to catch a special Court train to Zagreb, en route for Sibenik, where the King will board the Nahlin on the morning of August 10. The weather is at present rough. The King’s incognito is being strictly observed, though pedestrians at Salzburg waved to the King, who waved back as he walked through the streets after visiting the castle at Helbrun and St. Peter’s Cemetery, and inspecting the Salzburg Festival Hall. The police detained a Press photographer who tried to take a snapshot of him. The Press prints long biographical editorials of the welcome. The Yugoslav Court cook has been detailed to help the King’s chef, and a sumptuous touring car has been despatched to Sibenik for the King’s land excursions'. There will be no official reception, the Prime Minister, M. Stoyadinovitch alone greeting the King. CHEERING CROWDS BELGRADE, August 10. (Received August 11, at 11.10 a.m.) Vast crowds, cheering wildly, witnessed His Majesty’s embarkation on the Nahlin, after his official welcome. The houses were gaily beflagged with Union Jacks.
YUGOSLAVIAN COURTESY ESCORT (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 10. (Received August 11, at noon.) The King embarked on the yacht Nahlin at Sibenik, in Dalmatia, at the beginning of his holiday. Press messages report that the town was gaily decorated and that large crowds assembled. They cheered loudly as the King left the railway coach in which His Majesty travelled from Calais, and proceeded on board. Later His Majestv went on shore and visited the cathedral. _ When the yacht sailed she was accompanied by the British destroyers Grafton and Glowworm, and a courtesy escort of two destroyers and a torpedo boat provided by the Yugoslav naval authorities.
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Evening Star, Issue 22414, 11 August 1936, Page 9
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344KING EDWARD’S CRUISE Evening Star, Issue 22414, 11 August 1936, Page 9
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