BING ALFONSO’S WORK
‘•I HAVE TO DO MY JOB.” King Alfonso, who was proclaimed King of Spain the day he was born, over 43 years ago, has revealed his ideas of the function of a king. “If I had not been born a king,’’ the Spanish ruler said, “I would be working in some large moto% car factory. If it could De done, I would like to follow the example of Peter the Great, the Russian Tsar, who travelled cognito all over Europe, and who* did not shrink from taking jobs in Dutch and English shipyards and factories just to become quainted with the latest develop- . ments in shipbuilding and manu- r tacturing. It is a good thing, too, for a king. “The king is a worker, just like the majority of his people. 1 was born a monarch, not because I chose it. I have to uo my job just like any other man. “I was in England recently and noticed the Prince of Wales occupied every day with the unemployment question, and doing his best to help find a solution ot the mining situation in Britain. If the Prince of Wales is entitled to speak on industrial questions, ’ it is because he has studied the matter from the ground up, and knows so much about the ordinary things of life.” 1
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Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 2, 15 January 1930, Page 6
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