The Archive · 1924

Postscript

This ie Just a fairy tale: William wasn't sent ouches are more kind ran out Mext day Loving birds as hard as ever.

Lo the "Manchester Guardian Tue American papers are full of amusing incidents that are allosed to have happened during the Prince: of Wales's voyage to America and. @uring his stay in New York. picture of a gentleman that the Prince "biffed" on the jaw graces the front page of the "World." This. does not mean that there was a free fight on board, but that the Prince' was having instruction in. boxing, and that he followed the advice of and got in a straight Amusing scenes are reported by 'a malicious reporter to have taken place round the bathing pool every day, where the Prince's only' desire was to get a swim unobserved and to avoid the crowd of Indy, spectators. The latter, on the'eontrary, were by no means anxious to the Prince, and it is reported that any rumour of the Prince eoming to take a swim found _them standing in picturesque attitudes round the pool. Only one lady had. the honour. of dancing with the' Prince, it is recorded, and it was, as it were, quite an accident, as she got on to' the wrong boat' in the confusion at the dock, where the Ma. Jestic was ready for departure with the Berengaria.

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