PRINCE’S ELUSIVE DIARY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10992, 30 August 1921, Page 2

PRINCE’S ELUSIVE DIARY

A MILD COMMOTION. MIGHT HAVE SET THE. WORLD AGOG. There has been, a mild commotion in the Prince of Wales’s entourage over the mysterious disappearance of His Koyal Highness’s private diary. The Prince calls it his “rag diary,’’ and the name sufficiently indicates, its character. Its contents are certainly not intended either for present or future . publication. On the contrary, it consists of at is generally a very piquant commentary on the places the Prince visits and the public men whom ho meets. One has only to recall Mrs Asquith’s recent book of reminiscences to appreciate how racy these personal impressions may be. But the indiscretions permitted of an ex-Premier’s wife could not be committed by the heir to the Throne, and the disappearance of the book occasioned a considerable' searching of heart. Horrible visions were conjured up of its having fallen into wrong hands, and of its being sold' and published by some en- ' terprising editor. Had any such thing happened, it would have set the world agog, for some of the passages had to do with Hia Itoyal Highness’s oversea tours, and especially with his visits to Canada and 1 the United States. A rigorous search was made, therefore, when the loss of the diary vrw reported. After some delay, during' which everyone was on tenterhook, the missing volume was found hidden ip a drawer. So all’s well that ends well! j