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GIFTS TO ROYALTY

DIAMONDS AND GOLD |S. AFRICAN PRESENTATIONS !(io am.) LONDON; Jan. 29. ' The South African Government will present diamonds cut as brilliants and a gold tea service to the Royal Family 'during the tour, says Reuter’s correspondent in Capetown. The King will receive in a gold box a small number of diamonds, and the Queen an engraved gold tea service consisting of a teapot, sugar basin and cream jug.

The South African Railways and Harbours Administration will present a diamond brooch to Princess Elizabeth ■ when she opens the new East London graving dock. Besides presenting Princess Elizabeth on her twenty-first birthday with 21 brilliants interspersed with baguettes and small brilliants for a necklace, the Union Government will hand a similar gift but with only 17 brilliants to Princess Margaret. All the diamonds came from State alluvial diggings.

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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22242, 30 January 1947, Page 2

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GIFTS TO ROYALTY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22242, 30 January 1947, Page 2

GIFTS TO ROYALTY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22242, 30 January 1947, Page 2