THE KING IN FRANCE.
AN OFFICER'S DESCRIPTION
LONDON, Dec. 10
A British officer with the Indian army describes the King's visit as the "most informal show I have ever seen. The King strolled through the ranks, chatting with all and sundry. Immediately before His Majesty arrived a German, aeroplane appeared, heading straight for us. Our guns opened fire, asd the aeroplane scurried north. During the inspection of the troops the Leicester Regiment, which had just left the trenches, paraded, still covered with mud, and unshaven. The King sknply revelled in them. He chatted with almost every man, and wanted to know all about trench-fighting. The Prince of Wales was equally interested. He wandered about, paying no attention to his father, and chatting with everybody; The King was particularly interested in a man wearing German boots. The King wanted the Indians to know that the Queen and he were always with them in thought. Altogether, it was a wonderful visit, the King tramping through the mud as though-he were partridge-shooting. "-
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 11 December 1914, Page 5
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169THE KING IN FRANCE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 11 December 1914, Page 5
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