DUKE OF EDINBURGH “COMPLETE STOIC” TOWARDS PUBLICITY
(N.Z.P A —CoDyt JShtJ LONDON, May 5 (Rec. 6 pm).— The Duke of Edinburgh described himself as a complete stoic towards publicity when he spoke at the annual dinner of the Newspaper Society “I read about myself as if I were an animal in a zoo,” he said. Referring to the attentions the iPrincess and he had received from photographers, he recalled an occasion when a flash-bulb exploded. “I think it frightened the photographer as much as it did us.” Dealing with the problems of newspaper production, he mentioned the ‘difficulty of choosing between interesting and important news, between (circulation and standards, and in ! choosing between intelligent comjment and advertising.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 6 May 1949, Page 5
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