MONARCHS’ VISIT TO POPE
EXCHANGE OF COSTLY GIFTS. . (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) ROME, December 6. The Italian Royal visit to the Pope was marked by an . exchange of the most costly presents. The King and Queen gave His Holiness a jewelled pictorial cross and also a crucifix, which was formerly owned by the Venerable Clotilde of Savoy. The Pope gave the King a. collection of Vatican souvenirs, and to the Queen he presented a jewelled golden rosary, and also a mosaic of Raphael’s Madonna of the Chair. The Queen, in conformity with the Vatican decree,’ wore a long-sleeved dress, reaching to the ankles.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1929, Page 12
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