London as World Centre of Society and Sport: Two Royal Visits "In the number and splendour of its entertainments," said an official of the London Association, "this season will surpass any that London has known.
"T do not suppose we have ever before had so many visitors from the Dominions and Dependencies, 'oF so many brilliant official functions arranged in their honour.
We have the Prince in town again, Princess Mary at Chester-fied House, the Duke and Duchess of York at the White Lodge, Lady Maud Carnegie at No. 5, Norfolk-street, and Lady Louis Mountbatten at Brook House.
"Private entertainments will be more Invish than ever, and the 81 dances already arranged by no means exhaust the list.
"May 5 sees the opening of the Royal Academy and the Covent Garden season of international Grand Oper Two Royal Visits.
"On May 12 the King and Queen of Roumania arrive. A State banquet will be given at Buckingham Palace. The Lord Mayor entertains their Majesties at lunch at the Guildhall on May 13.
"The first evening Court will be held at Buckingham Palac 20, and the second on May 21.
On the 25th the King and Queen of Italy will be the guests of the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. The State Ball at Buck-Ingham Palace on May 28, when 2000 guests will be present, has been arranged in honour of the visiting monarch.
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