Arrangements For King's Absence
- (Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 23 The constitutional arrangements to be made before the Royal party leaves for South Africa are occupying the attention of His Majesty, says Reuter’s - Court correspondent. The King has summoned the Privy Council to Buckingham Palace on January 29, two days before he leaves London. The council will be a “clearing up” meeting, at which the King will approve various orders which must be finalised before he can issue Letters Patent under the Great Seal appointing Councillors of State to whom he will entrust Royal powers during his absence. The Duke of Gloucester will head these councillors. The others will be the next in line of succession who are of age: The Princess Royal, her sons Viscount Lascelles and the Honourable Gerald Lascelles, and Princess Arthur of Con--naught. A skeleton staff will remain at Buckingham Palace in case the Duke of Gloucester wishes to arrange any state functions there, but these will probably be held at Queen Mary's 1 residence, Marlborough House, because a certain amount of essential redecoration and repair work, neglected during the war, will be done at the Palace while the Court is absent.
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Northern Advocate, 24 January 1947, Page 3
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