CAPE TOWN EN FETE
Table Bay Mirror-smooth As Vanguard Berths
Triumphal Reception From Cheering Crowds
(Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, February 17. The Vanguard arrived at Cape Town at 7.59 a.m. His Majesty stepped ashore at 10 a.m.
As the first mooring line from the dock went aboard the Vanguard excited crowds cheered. The Queen was visibly moved by the warmth of the welcome. General Smuts waited in the flag-draped Royal pavilion with top-hatted members of the South African Cabinet until the ship made fast; then he went aboard- with the Governor-General and saluted at the quarter deck as the band played the National and South African Anthems. Sir Alan Lascelles, the King's secretary, conducted them to the Royal apartments, where General Smuts extended a formal welcome.
The King's last act aboard the Vanguard was to thank Captain Agnew tor a safe, happy, and comfortable voyage. While His Majesty inspected the marine guard of honour before stepping ashore, the Marine Band played 'Will Ye No Come Back Again?' Then the King, the first British reigning monarch to visit South Africa,-walked down the green and gold gangway and stepped on to the rfed carpet before the South African naval guard of honour. Artillery batteries round the harbour fired the Royal salute and the South African Army Band played the National Anthem.
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Evening Star, Issue 26029, 18 February 1947, Page 7
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219CAPE TOWN EN FETE Evening Star, Issue 26029, 18 February 1947, Page 7
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