THE ROYAL FAMILY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20708, 4 May 1929, Page 10

THE ROYAL FAMILY.

. KING’S VISIT TO WINDSOR. GOVERNORS-GENERAL OP DOMINIONS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) _ . LONDON, March 27. It is understood that the King will go to Windsor Castle for a short stay when he is well enough to leave Bognor, !f all goes satisfactorily this will probably be at the end of April or the beginning of May. . e The King wishes the Ascot racecourse procession to take place as usual, although he will not be able to take part in it. According to present arrangements the Queen and the Prince of Wales will be at the meeting and there will be a royal procession on two days—probably on Tuesday and Thursday, June 18 and 20. The Queen has paid several visits to indsor recently arid a number of improvements have been carried out under her direction. The most notable is in the magnificent grand corridor, which has been entirely redecorated. ■ FUTURE OF ROYAL PRINCES. It is understood that considerable attention has been paid to the future of the Duke of York, the Duke of Gloticester and George, and the possituhty of their serving abroad as representatives of his Majesty. . Although no definite plans have been prepared, it is understood that the Kin" has long considered the question of Ms representation in the dominions and colonies, and it is believed that when suitable vacancies occur they may bhUed by members of the Royal Family. Prince Georges new position at the Foreign vOJBce will strengthen his qualifications for f such a post. It is probable that later he will be transferred to some other Government department, so that when the time comes assume abroad the responsitnhties of a personal representative of the Kmg, he will be fullyequipped. Eiglu training^ 3 mentioned as a period of . Prince Arthur of, Connaught proved lumself a very able representative of the King as a Governor-General of South Africa, where the Earl of Athlone and £ ll J? ar ® forging another strong link of affection between the Throne, and the people of the Dominion. PRINCE AS A LANDLORD. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, presiding at the annual dinner of the London Cornish Association, referred to the Prince of Wales as a landlord. “ The small profiteer,” he said, “comes down and desecrates our coast with pink tMni a °fri f s V that , oue would slmost tha v Cornw all, besides daffodils and broccoli, grew pink bungalows. Even r°nseri 8 ® peC - U ! ative man who takes onf pIW f C T l3h s°“* and c nta off our cliff tracks and cuts off ground M P °L W i lCh T 6 t eimen dT y th «r nets some hot e r mg at a Profit t 0 “ We have good landlords in Cornwall ' v ;k? do . not allow this sort of thing. Rotpft- amon S ou r landlords is his Royal Highness the -Duke of Cornwall m ° + del i landlord - Cornwall has tar n° lose ’ and these landlords, w;™ P r my ,? Ur , prinCG ’ are nQ t ProSP g Cor nwall alone, but are develop mg Cornwall along the right lines,” P THE QUEEN’S WORK. J^f r^ u , eel } will open the'new wing of S Elmabeth GarretUAnderson Hospital for Women, Euston road, N.W., on May Mrs Philip Snowden, presiding at the tSI T e i Wg °r! the hoSpita1 ’ l^id-this tribute to her Queen Mary: Anyone who has been in close touch with public work cannot fail to have been almost amazed at the Queen’s untirmg activity for any good cause. Had the Queen been an ordinary lons T?“ - V ° Uld haVe made a marvefous leader in any cause which had for its purpose the alleviation of the lot of women less fortunate than herself.