A Royal Joke
The Seville correspondent of the Weekly Dispatch, London, reports that an attendant at the Alcazar Palace, where the Prince of Wales and Prince George, the King of Sweden and other European royalties are visiting the King of Spain, showed King Gustav of Sweden—who is 68 years of age—a hidden knob controlling one of the concealed fountains, for which the gardens are famed. His Majesty waited until the Royal party was innocently in the line of fire, and then a number of powerful jets were released. All took it as a joke, including Prince Carlos, who was drenched.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16338, 12 May 1927, Page 9
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100A Royal Joke Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16338, 12 May 1927, Page 9
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