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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1957.

Do their friends tell a lot of the story?

The compromise

many 'marrieds'

DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS

DIFFERENT FRIENDS

DIFFERENT VIEWS

of

understand

by Anne Edwards

ince Albert wrow,

"n couple joined together in love and unmity. Now Victoria Is the almost ready to give up seme- - thing for my suke. I everything

for her sake,"

THIS IS Chapter 2 in a personal interpreta- tion entitled The Ten Year Milestone Marriage, written to mark the 10th anni- versary

of Queen's wedding to The Prince Philip. author now examines a situation known to many people of lesser status

than royalty.

And now-

TRIS

pattern could. I suspect, be true of today's inyal couple. get along That they famously no one doubis. The MORE than 100 few private glimpses Int: we ever see of them reflect a warm the and natural family life. "You of won't be able to jump Up and down on these beds," the Queen this told

Prince Charles, when she

years ago Queen

England whom present Queen so much resembles was writing a letter to a friend.

look in to Cheam School.

Visitors with business at the

have Palace

reported seeing,

Coddler Prince Charles of crawl from beneath his father's

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It was the first year Victorin's marriage to the desk, or the royal father giving she his children the time-honoured handsome

fatherly piggyback.

husband

deeply loved. This is what

she wrote:

Bu

even

more

is L probably prized highly by her husband, whose childhood memories of royalty were a sad and unsuccessful story of shoot- ings. Pict and exile, and who brought up in a foreign country by an aunt.

OF HOW when che visited Cambridge she said: "I'm co glid to be here. 1 have passed

often through it

011 my journey to Newmarket Races."

AND OF HOW when she Jeturned from

vhit state abroad, the Fleet lined up to greet her were astonished (and real bet delighted too) to read

"I feel," he said recently to a friend, "I have got family life of my own at lost."

From this basis the rest of the nags in marriage--the differing backgrounds,

slittering Intért, the different friends- dissolve in an intelligent com- promise,

had salfor who Philip, the

sticks to Kaneked about a bit.

The Quee his old chums. royal princess. in a priveled palace-sticks just us rmly to hers. And the rest they share.

Off-beat

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HERE painted by a man knows. them "Philip Ilkes

1.

He talks about them with the "I have always had my tolerance that reveals a delight beat people, he likes the way they 1436. ed parent: "If my children are Suppose he anything

said by," he to NO

utterly own way...

he feels his TV

in their Col gory scene in should endeavour to thwart about a

like pany-people and oppose me in what I lm, "there is nothing they like

Uth Fox or Douglas Fairbanks. like, what a dreadful thing better than a little blood."

The it would be."

Queen prefers her childhood friends,

At the same time Albert was complaining to a friend: "I am only the husband, and not the master in the house."

So solid

This kind

of family

the close circle she grew up with, the

only people

sce

with he is highly prized by

fcels whom she the Queen, for she was

Beau- brought up to i. in one relaxed-the

Abergavennys few palaces left which forts But 10 years later they had of the

crumble, the Buccleuchs. married never seem likely to hit опц recipe for

you against the solid background of happiness which many a hus-

that s Mike Parker's only monarchy "I wish the band would endorse:

side by side counts in the world. us." Fou could be here to

Rupert Nevill, or

place

face

with

Or

Baron's against Lord Ogilvy

Lord Euston--you will get the exact difference

Xriends between his

and hers."

picture

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That the Arst message alter eficial greetings were exchang- od was: "Are the Lingßeld races running the afternoon?"

A memory

"WE

her

the most dignified, dulfful dis- ciplinarians This kingdom

ever seen in its history.

Her will

has

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TINS difference summed up in a little scone which tooit pince soon after her Corona- tion. She was on a state visi! to Northern Ireland and had e

with very heavy day

many exacling engagements,

In the afternoon she went out to the showground to a parade uf ex-Servicemen, and then moved over to another part of the showgrounds to atferd 0 gathering of. 17.000 children.

It was

The extremely hot. programme required the Queen to walk along a narrow, roped- eff path through the crowd of knew excited

children, Noting the heat and the excitement, Prince Philip said: "You'd better take the car," and signalled for the driver to come up.

talk to

never what to Majesty

about," Lady De La Bure re- marked, "until my hu- md rode a horse from The Mansion House through London to a lunch date.”

The

EDWARD ALLCARD

the round the world lone yachtsman cables from the Canary Islands, first -landfall of his Atlantic voyage.

ร้านเ

Las Palmas. cyes widened and my

M mouth hung open with

umazement. A large island had suddenly appeared on the horizon where a short time before there had been nothing. As suddenly, it disappeared.

Then, as my 10-ton ketch Sea Wanderer was lifted high on an Atlantic swell, there it was again.

Land Ho! Land Ho!" shouted with rising

The excitement.

haze had magically evaporat cd, giving me my landfall UTL the auter Canary Islands. I had been eight days at sea since leaving Tangier.

SeaWanderer

There he 10da, perched din The Mullarkk

Harry the Hawk

gives me a fright

During breaks in the

NEW SCARE

Being fond of bananas I

com happy la my solitude. The hills had decided to call in at Las mentary I read a book on Corn- and valleys of the sea are often Palmas, on the island of wall set in the eighteenth cen- preferable to the Jealoustes and

tury.

fallings of mankind. Gran Canaria, on my way frowned. and Incross Queen

The calm sea and clear hori the Atlantic. My said: "You can go in the car

celestial navigation and I was able to arrival at Las Palmas itself, were ideal for three days after sighting plot my position with much ac- the outer islands, was ex- curacy that determined the traordinary: I did not ac precise spot in Casablanca

which the radio beacon trans- tually see the land until mitter was situated and Casa- after I was in port.

blanco was 50 miles away.

Verdict

But for myself I have only if you like. I'm going to walker admiration for the way she and she did, with Prince Philip handles her hobby with as much slightly abashed, in the rear. professionallam as she handles who Far lab, And a lot of sympathy. well After all, you can rely on

oll- horse not to write memoira, au

HOWEVER their interests differ and widen, twe - things~~ bind them Arm- ly together.

"JUST as strongly as ho believes that tho Monarchy m v 3 t change to live, the Quee believes that it will weaken

Different, back-

grounds and different

It

friends Jend to

differing interests.

chances too fast."

IF I am to be fair I

In a pitch black night of must quote Prince wind and rain had found Philip's own verdict an

the job, given to thethe lights leading to safety friend in whom he confided his by navigating on Spanish

mbidons when he got engaged dance music.

Their

family and their job. Years ago when

Philip

engaged

was 10

first the

10 years ago,

Queen

fold he

a

Glend: meim make this job.

to

L. YUCCESS

of

I am not

going to be just a polile shadow behind the Throne. I shall strike out

due course, in my own You will see."

way.

ת!

We have seen, So

out

No, this is not a mis

"The work has turned ten times tougher than I ex-print; I "homed in" on the pected I to be, but I am on local radio station, using the reverse side. ten times happier in it than I ever ex-my direction finder. pected to be,"

I don't presume to know which of them has the right view about whether or not 口

I monarch should be human.

hard work.

SO ACCURATE

N announcer broke into the musle to give a gale warning complete with sound effects ---- rather tactless of him, I thought

at

progressed 20 miles in 24 hours, Sea Wanderer, meanwhile, record low for the trip.

Scare

HAD another

after dark. I had just finished sup- per when I heard the sound of an engine-close, My boat was running without lights, as the ocean had seemed deserted,

1

.for the

deck, expecting to be run down

I dashed in panic

Dead ahead was brilliant 31 W23 A large bird gave me a fright light; bul, hold ont that night.

than the planet. I had gone forward nothing more

Venus. The noise of the mator to adjust one of the sails when had come from the radio! It was

New

a bird as big as an owl abruptly up Into my face. When the next day that the island was popped up out of the sea. Not daylight came, there he

having a chart of this group of perched on the bulwarks.

Islands I could not determine my

I christened him Harry the distance offshore by taking corn- he pass bearings. Instead I used my Howk. (All right, I realise may have been a black-backed sextant on the sun more than 90 weed grabbler or something, but million miles behind the land, to me he was Harry the Hawk) and found I was only 13 miles

GN.

He remained on board for two days then vanished as mysteri ously us he had come. He had down had enjoyed being photographed, and the of calms, when I was below he would reached 15 degrees. Another 'flat

The voyage up to then been a mixed bug

do know that in him she has a views far his influence has husband with clear-cut

and been confined largely with a monumental capacity for

immense drive, a fighter "t the time.

in Jids

home life, his children's schooling, his own public appearances.

Just as strongly as he believes that the Monarchy

In her he has a wife with

precisely the same qualities.

And both of them are on our must side "To make," as Philip sald, change to live, the "this monarchy business work." His are mostly scicatife and Queen believes that 1 will athielle, fust curs, airplanes, weaken if too much changes loo scientific discovery, polo, yacht- fast.

ing, football, cricket.

BIC

horses,

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Hers

horsea, She Imposes

herself horses. Many are the sly standards of dignity, duty, and stories told of the Queen's devo- discipline learned from her tien to borses:

father and grandfather-two of

Absolutely irresistible.......a bar of

Nestle's Chocolate

PHOTOGRAPHS

by our Staff Photographers

Civil Defence Exercise

Yacht Club Ball at Yacht Club

St. Mark's School Speech Day

True Light Middle School Stone Laying

Nurses Banquet. at Princess Garden Restaurant

Railway Club School Sports. Railway Playground

Official Opening Children's Section, Southorn Playground Official Opening of Youth Organisation by H.E. Fleet Boxing Finals at H.M.S. Tomar All Local Sports Local Presentations

Local Weddings

Etc. Etc.

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"IF THERE ISN'T ANY LEAK, WHAT'S THAT

POOL DOING THERE?"

TOMORROW Myths and what makes them grow

PUZZLE FOR PLUMBERS

Then up went the barometer,

went the wind and temperature in the cabin

sudden blows, thick weather and peer at me through the port- calm.

clear.

holes.

ENRAPTURED

A fresh enst wind was blowing from the Mediterranean when I sailed from Tangier, and Sca Wanderer studded past the great

LONE again, I listened to the Cape Spartel, the north-west AB.R.C.

progrname "Desert corner of Africa. When, 70

Stokowski, miles farther on, che was be- Island Dises.

one of his records, had chosen calmed. I listened on the radio

I won- to the howl of racing car as Tchaikovsky's ́Sotlíudo.

people have they hurtled round the Grand dered how many

listened so enraptured to this Prix course

A at Casablanca.

piece of music in such a lonely great thrill,

setting.

World Copyright by arrangement with the Manchester Quardien

a tan While cultivating

ail over, I laundered 'clothes, dish- cloths (not before time!), washed my hair.

and

3 had heard that thieves are

at for numerous

Los Palmas

and (happily this is not true) I wanted to put up a spirited defence. I cleaned the protec» tive grease of my revolver and made the water boil round floating box as the gun barked six times.

To get a move on, I ran the diesel for some hours All the

at first

The trade winds blow erratic- ally off the Moroccan coast. They started Alfully. And gel ting all I could out of the boat, wind came back-light I managed days runs of 85 then then stronger and stronger with driving rain squalls. Night 77 mile before the wind piped 1:0 in

earnest and the sea descended; but I made Las Palmas all right, thanks to the became rough.

danco music.

I was my birthday, I have spent.

Besa happier ones.

The voyage had taken me 11 Gala days.

the

squirted over the dock

force rain squalis habed

reeling vessel. The wind flow By the way, did I tell you? Into the north and I drova Thore is a shortage of bananas Sea Wanderer through it all, here at the moment.

knocking up 34 miles in the

day.

and

My dried cod got WCL began to stink. I got wet, cold, and weary after 18 consecutive hours at the wheel. The seas of night broke white with phos- phorescence, an unnerving sight, The sky cleared and I steerod fest towards Venus and then the setting moon.

Working on the wildly lurch- ing dedit I then rigged the self- steering gear of twin staysalis.

The boat rolled more, travelled slower, but ran on unattended Before the heavy seas. One trave broke with a rose, exploded on the stern, and went a heavy'sbowes : of - spray··"down the open hatch

right on to my back,

I happened to be on my hands and knees on the cabin floor, drawing a rough large-scale chart of the Canary Islands as my general chart of the Atlantic had proved to be too awkward to work on. Da

Late in the afternoon I stood in the hatch, amur of tea in my hand, and gazed about me,

| POCKET CARTOON

by OSBERT LANCASTER

mand while we've, on the subject of leaks, I would

- mak'the' Rt, Hen, memberį. Who spilled the beans about Rea Bertok's baby? 1

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