ITALIAN EMBASSY
COUNT GRANDI’S RECEPTION
TWO THOUSAND GUESTS LONDON, May 28. Two thousand guests attended reception given by Count and Countess Grand! at the Italian Embassy last week. The Italian Embassy is palatial, and Count Grand! and his wife entertain lavishly. The space was certainly needed to accommodate all the guests, whose arrival caused something of a traffic block outside, and a long queue inside where members of the diplomatic corps, of the Government, of both Houses of Parliament, and also of the Foreign Office, had to battle politely to keep their places. The guests were Impressed by the number of tapestries and old masters, not to mention 17th century mirrors. The Grandis escape from their palatial surroundings at least once a week, for the Count has a liking for the English countryside, and his country house is not far from a golf course.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21065, 17 June 1938, Page 11
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144ITALIAN EMBASSY Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21065, 17 June 1938, Page 11
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