The Archive · 1932

RECOLLECTIONS

Auge 1

King George's recollections of his visit to China, in 1881, when jas Prince George he came with his elder brother Prince Albert Victor—both Midshipmen on the Bacchante—will rouse echoes in the minds of old residents, The two" Princes arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze with Lord Clanwilliam's "Detached Squi dron" on. November 23, but, Jalthough Shanghai expected to give them a royal welcome, that day, there had been some hitch in the intelligence work and, point of fact, the visit which was entirely informal did not: take place until December 2 The intervening period was spent by the Princes on a shoot. the lines of the criticism made by.

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