FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY
LONDON, Oct 30 (Recd 7 pm).— The death of King Gustav hi:; given Sweden its first English-born Queen in history. Sweden’s new King Gustav the Sixth, aged 67, who was a former Crown Prince, married 61-year-old Lady Louis Mountbat ton, sister of Earl Mountbatten, in 1923. At first the Swedes gave her a somewhat reserved reception, but her modesty and untiring devotion to duty gradually won their respect and affection. The
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Wanganui Chronicle, 31 October 1950, Page 5
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76FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY Wanganui Chronicle, 31 October 1950, Page 5
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