STATE VISIT TO PARIS
INVITATION TO KING AND QUEEN ACCEPTANCE PROBABLE Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON. February 8. (Received February 9, at 8 a.m.) The Associated Press understands that an official announcement is imminent that their Majesties will accept President Lebrun’s invitation to a State visit to Paris from June 28 to July 1, during which the King will unveil the Australian war memorial, at Villers-Bretonneux. The date of this function has not been fixed, but it will probably be on their way back from Paris. ' OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. LONDON, February 8. (Received February 9, at 10 a.m.) . Buckingham Palace announces that their Majesties have accepted with much pleasure President Lebrun’s invitation for a State visit to Paris from June 28 to July 1, when the King will' unveil the Australian memorial at VilliersBretonneux.’ INTERESTING REPERCUSSIONS EXPECTED LONDON, February 8. (Received February 9, at- 11.45 a.m.) Australia is linked up with the historic event, because it is many years since a British monarch made a State visit to any foreign country. Moreover, in view of the situation abroad and the sensitiveness of international relations, the visit will inevitably have most interesting repercussions throughout the world.
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Evening Star, Issue 22878, 9 February 1938, Page 11
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