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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, · AUGUST 15, 1959.

A Glimpse Of What Will Happen Next Year

HOW IT WILL BE INSIDE THE PALACE

THE young man in open-necked shirt, sweater,

and flannels nibbled his nails and chain-smoked his way up and down the corridor strictly in the pattern set by all fathers-to-be.

But this corridor was 240ft. long and in Buckingham Palace, and the room outside which he paced held a wife who soon was to be Queen.

That wos when Prince on Buckingham Palace. And Charles, future Prince of the Palace it was. Wales, was born and the exact moment was recorded In English history as 9.14 p.m. on November 14, 11

years ago.

Almost certainly the new baby that the Queen expects early next year will be born in the same room for Queens, like any mothers, are sentimental about such things.

The new Prince weigh- d 71b. Guz. — all very satis factory.

And grandpapa by. and father had drink together in an ante-room,. and the chief Palace officials were called in to celebrate too,

There also was Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Mary came over from Marlborough House and kissed Prince A KISS

Philip on the cheek as the young Elizabeth slept. Actually, Princess Elizu. Outside notice was beth, as she then was, want poster, and the crowds who ed her first baby born at her had waited for the news, own home, which at that hour after hour, broke into time was Windlesham Moor, cheers and danced and near Sunningdale, in Surrey,g.

But her father. King From a side door the four George VI, said: "Impossi- men who had signed that ble." "A child who might be notice slipped away unseen. Heir to the Throne could not. In their care had been a possibly be born in a rented mother's life. house. (The future

Royal

SPECIAL

DONALD GOMERY

Those four doctors were Sir William Gilliatt, Sir John gynaecologist, Weir, royal physician, John Harold Peel, who had helped Sir William, and Mr V. F. Hall, the anaesthetist.

A WISH

The same four were ut the birth of Princess Anne at Clarence House, this time.

But one of them will be missing next year. Sir home, Clarence It was a pattern set by William Gilliatt was killed House, was not yet ready for history: a pattern that will in car crush in September them). The King insisted be repeated early next year.

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In attendance in 1960 will be Lord Evans now, with Sir John Weir, one of the royal physicians. And Mr Peel will decide who shuli be the gynaecologist who will help at the birth.

Robb

TAKES YOU THERE AT THE GREAT MOMENT

ROBB combines his artistry with foresight and hindsight, with fact and conjecture, to present the scene early next year. In the foreground stand, the medical teum in technical conclave from the left: Lord Evans, Nurse Rowe, Mr John Peel, Sir John Weir. And in the background, in democratic juxta- position, Robb shows a section of the throng of family, - Royal Household and who will be present. In an earlier age, a royal birth was a matter for greater formality if no less rejoicing.

nurses

The oficial' announcement of the lust birth to a reigning sovereign (that of Princess Beatrice to Queen Victoria in 1857) read: "This afternoon, at A quarter before two o'clock, the Queen was safely delivered of a Princess, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, several lords of Her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council and ladies of Her Majesty's Bedchamber being present." The lords and ladies were there to satisfy public opinion since al bahy wns reputed to have been smuggled into royal hed in 1688.

.BY. THE - WAY

The Queen will have an

THE behaviour of the Alpine voice inside the head was heard elephant is so Intelligent saying, "Nice work if you can Anesthetic like any mother and so amusing that I am half get it."

as she did with Prince hat she is half a dozen panto- A Narkover custom

Inclined to believe E rumour Charles and Princess Anne. mime-trained actors. She will have two nurses, us before. who will move into the Palace a week in advance of the birth.

Outside in the long Palace corridor Prince Philip will wait anxiously once again.

It was said before Prince Charles was born that the Queen hoped for a boy and Prince Philip hoped for A girl.

They have both got what they wanted an heir and. a daughter.

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stock the cellar at the masters night club. It is quite common to hear masters discussing their souls, I casi always rely on Wagstone major for a Hourd eluret." "My lot never seem to have anything but vin ordinaire." One petulent master, on thetag a bottle of Chablis in

The Atheneaum, which has AT Narkover there has been made her an honorary member, A much talk of the grammar will get a great shork if she school boy who throw bottle turns out to be six clowns at his head master. It is the prefect's pocket, forgot him- When presented with a little Narkover custom to "frisk" all self and shouted, "an't it timo green hat in an Halian town, bays at the entrance to the you switched to red wine, you she tried to eat it. And It Is class-rooms. The empties are oar?" said that when she wound her then sold locally by the

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CHARY BY MICHAEL RAND

Most parents will hope now that the new baby will be a boy - a companion in future for the 10-year-old who was born to be King.

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WHAT THE QUEEN WILL MISS

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By DOUGLAS CLARK

ONE engagement the Queen must miss

in

October - or perhaps early November, if there is an autumn election is the state opening of Parliament.

1 precedent is followed, she wit appoint a royal commission to carry out this function on her behalf, und Die Lord Chancellor, Lord Kilmuir, will read the Queen's Speech. This was the procedure adopted after the 1951 General Election, when King George VI was J11.

Will the big news affect the election date? There is no reason why it should not take place, as expected, in October,

Her health should not prevent the Queen from carrying out her duties in connection with

a distelution or the appointment of Incoming Ministers.

STRENUOUS

Indeed, the coming birth may well be, in the mind of Mr Macmillan, the clinching argu- ment fur an October poll.

There is good reason to think he would not want to involve the Queen in election problems early next year the. only alter- native time for a pall.

Strenuous tours at hotne and In the Common-

wealth have been cancelled. Next week the Queen was to have made a two-day trip to the Orkney and, Shetland Islands from Butmoral,

Her tour of the new Commonwealth country of Ghana was to have started on November 11 and would have ended on December 14.

The Last Time It Happened

THE last child to be born to a reigning

Hrilish monarch was Queen Victoria's last child, Beatrien; born 102 years agʊ → v April 16 1857.

The next day her husband Albert sat at the Queen's bedside af Buckingham, Patnos and wrote in his codisin. Paincess Augusta of Prussia:

“Mother and baby are 'well, Baby pra- tisch" her scales Uke a good primos-donna- before's performanes, and has a good volos, Victoria "counts the hours and minutes like a

prisoner. The children want to know what their later is to be called, and dispute wybiola names will sound bert, ..

"We had to wait a fortnight beyond the time for the peźnoesë, and she kept us walt- Ing at the door for 11 hours bofore she would come in.

"You wDi Esther how bioely. ali; Is, 'ne- » ranged when I tell that the two nutver nAMOS are Mix Lilly and Mra,› Innocente!"

Two months later Albert became náložnity Pitnce CepOTË.

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ACROSS

1 S. African native (0).

5 Grid supporter (5).

8 Bring or rise up (4).

9 It's meant to frighten, (6), 11 Men in a boat (3). 12 Prosecute in the

followed on (0),

end

14 Battle after Bannock (4).

18 Catch carrier (5),

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18 She's a bit of a grammarian

(5).

19 Highugh; of the show. ok.

Course (1).

30 Food for the fastkous? (8)

24 It túr without changling

direction (5).

23 Possibly a sorry string of

boods (0).

20 She gets it in the Academy

(4)-

27 Moves gchily (5).

28 Docs well (3)

DOWN

1 Familiar name (4).

2 Food for a passenger? (4).

3 Attendant to Cleopatra (4).

4 Hall necessary 10

home! (0)

Forecast (7).

get you

d It does not, however, only

cony liquid fuel (7).

7 In a very spruce way (7).

10 Sheee boredom (5),

13 Sudden Inclination (7).

14 Láfe-giving inhalations (7).

15 It was all clear 'when they

had passed (7),

17 Emergency craft (5),

39 Goes round the edges of

feminino garmenta (8)..

21 Arkwright (4).

22 "Opon wide'! (4), 29 Affirmatives

(4).

or just one

YESTERDAY'S, CROSSWORD--Across: 1 Tibet, & Bantam, B Nickel, 10 ()Error; 17 Roster, 14 General 30 Regulak, 27 Anne, 15-Gimlets, 37 Oriole, 29 Homer, Comment 17 Vole, 19 30 Easi? 81 Rewent, 32-Swede. Downs 1 Tonic, 2 Bacon, & The RE., bet, 6 Térror, 7 Morse-9 Long ago, 11 Re-veal, 13 Starile, 16 Onieri, 18 Square, 18 Last, 20 Roster, 21 Gnomes, 24 Meape, 15 Exile, 20 Sty-le, 28 Iron(de).

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