GIFT TO QUEEN
SOLDIER’S BADGE ADMIRED LONDON, May 2. While the King and Queen were inspecting a detachment of troops, the Queen admired the regimental badge of a soldier. He quickly removed the badge from his tunic, and diffidently offered it to Her Majesty, who accepted it pleased and smiling. The Queen immediately pinned the badge to her cornflower-blue coat, and wore it throughout the day, under her usual diamond maple-leaf brooch. “We have found a different spirit wherever we have been since the outbreak of the war,” remarked the King .10 a trades union leader, during a tour of South Lancashire, in the course of which Their Majesties watched the construction of Roy nil Air F orce ma- - chines. - “Everyone is united in the war effort,” he added. “We have got to see things through,” said the Queen. “I hope ;it will be a better world in every way after the war.” : Factory girls surrounded Their Majesties while they were entering their car after the inspection. The girls crowded in on all sides, in spite of police efforts. Their Majesties obviously enojoyed the incident. The Queen complimented the giiCb pn theib appearance and said " that men’s overalls were “very sensible” for the girls’ working attire. . •
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1940, Page 8
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