OUR QUEENLY QUEEN
The cabled messages that a book has been published in London disclosing that Queen Mary went about the corridors of Buckingham Palace whistling popular airs calls to mind a conversation between an Australian soldier, who wns being invested with the Victoria Cross, and King George. ' ', After making inquiries concerning the, heitc-'s wounds and general health, His Majesty asked: "How is your motlier and' family in Australia?" "They're good-o," snid the. Digger. "How's the Queen gettin' on?" The Queen, who was present, stepped forward with a gracious smile and replied to the question herself. '•Spleiididlv," she said ; '■splendidly." King George. Queen Mary, and the Australian had I he. laugh of their lives tor the next minute til' so. —R. McD.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 30 November 1927, Page 2
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122OUR QUEENLY QUEEN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 30 November 1927, Page 2
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