PRINCESS LOUISE DEAD
KING’S GREAT-AUNT FOURTH DAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, December 3. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, the King’s great-aunt, died peacefully this morning at her residence at Kensington Palace. She has been ill for some time. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. Princess Louise was in her ninetysecond year. She was the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Princess Louise accompanied her husband, the Duke of Argyll, when he went to Canada as Governor-General. The surviving children of Queen Victoria are the Duke of Connaught and Princess Beatrice. MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY FROM NEW ZEALAND (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, December 4. The following message has been sent by the Governor-General (Viscount Galway) to the King on behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand: “I respectfully wish to tender to your Majesty respectful and sincere sympathy on the passing of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Argyll, news of which has been received by your Majesty’s subjects in this Dominion with deepest regret.”
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Southland Times, Issue 23991, 5 December 1939, Page 8
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