TO TOUR AUSTRALIA.
DUKE AND DUCHESS. LONDON, Feb, 9. The Duke and Duchess of Kent will mako inter-Slate tours in Australia, each of three months, in 1940 and 1941. They wish, when touring, to leave the beaten track and explore Australia’s by-ways, notably the tropical coast of Queensland. The liner suite for the Duke and Duchess includes three, double staterooms, one for the Duke, the Duchess and the children, with a private sit-ting-room and dining-room. The ship will leave England in the middle of October, but some of the staff will travel by an earlier ship and rejoin the Dulie and Duchess at Adelaide, with the latest information in connection with their programme.
The selection of. the Duke’s aides-de-camp is the subject of long. discussions. “There is a list of eligible men as long as your arm,” a friend of the Duke said. The Duke will shortly ,10m the Duchess in Greece, after which they will embark on a holiday cruise.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 69, 18 February 1939, Page 16
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161TO TOUR AUSTRALIA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 69, 18 February 1939, Page 16
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