Considerable pleasure will be felt at the announcement that King George VI and Queen Elizabeth have accepted the invitation of the French President to visit France at the end of June when, among other things, His Majesty will unveil' the memorial to the Australian troops at Villers-Bretonneux, The bonds of amity which have long linked France with Britain have been distinguished by previous royal visits but none will create more happiness than the visit now announced, King Edward Vit-was so great an admirer of France that his visits were frequent and he was as well known in Paris as in London. King George V_ made several visits to France during the Great War when ho visited the trenches and saw what his forces were doing in the field, One of the most famous of war pictures shows him with French and British' generals, The last royal visit to Franco wag made by King Edward ViIt on July 26, 1030, "when His Majesty unveiled the Canadian' war memorial at Vimy Ridge for which purpose a large contingent of Canadians, made the pilgrimage to Franco to, witness the ceremony dedicated to their fellow eduntrymen who lost their lives in one of the severest jagaments during the entire course of the war. The forthcoming visit of King George VI Will be the first of his reign and should be a happy augury of the traditional relations between the two countries separated by a narrow channel but connected by ties which have withstood the test of time and have played so great part in maintaining peace in Europe,
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