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“ONE OF THE GREAT EVENTS IN OUR LIVES” HER MAJESTY SAYS OF VISIT T0 DOMINION

Three Canadians Received at Windsor. Buckingham Upon Royal Command

SPECIAL PICTURES

King. Queen ‘and Princesses Graciously Pose Amid Old-World Grandeur

By M. B. IIALTON or em newness: eeniee

LONDON (by cable)

- Gerald Richardson oi Toronto. who is 80 years old and takes pic- tures. and Lawrie Audrain of Winnipeg. who is 28 years old and also takes pictures. are only two of the five hundred million citizens of the British Empire. With myself we make three subjects of the King. But today Gerry. Lew-rte and i are a little different from the rest of the five hundred million because we have been received at ancient and historic Windsor Castle by the pleasant end handsome royal couple who will arrive soon in their great dominion beyond the seas.

Gerald Richardson and Lawrie Audrain are brilliant young photo- graphers and new they are the first Canadian photograph to have been granted sittings by Albert Frederick Arthur George. King oi Canada. and by the radiant and attractive Elisabeth. Queen of Can- ada. and by the Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York. a chann- ing girl on whose shoulders lies such high destiny. and by elfin little Princess Margaret Rose. who has asked us questions and looked hp into our eyes.

At Buckingham Palace. Lawrie and l walked with the King and Queen and their children rec took a hundred pictures of them and talked of euch different things rs the art oi

photography and the danger of war. the color or the Princesses’ hair and

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impeachment l pass his verdict on to you. who will soon be seeing for yourselves.

Now l can begin at the beginning.

The day came when newspapers and periodicals of Canada and the United States started asking urg- ently for new pictures of the King and Queen.

The day came when their Majes- tlee _, ‘ ‘y decided it would be fitting in view of this year's unpre- cedented odyssey of a reigning Bri- tish king to the new world. that a Canadian photographer should be commanded to take photographs of the King and Queen of Canada on behalf of Canadian papers.

The day came when. without ceremony or fanfare. a letter carry- ing that splendid red coat of arms came into this office and bore the words "Their Majesties wish that your photographer should come to Buckingham Palace at half-past two tomorrow to take photographs in color arid in black and white."

And the hour came when. like conquerors but trembling a little. we went to Buckingham Palace and trod those famous corridors. walked with their Majesties and their daughters in the lovely palace gar- dens and in the gorgeous Bow room and forgot to how or genu- fleet or whatever farilung Cana- dians are supposed to do when sovereigns offer their hands. and for an hour or two were received. if you like. by the King and Queen. Not for our several merits. of course. but on behalf of all Cana- dian and United States papers. we were received by the head man and head woman of the whole five hundred millions of us. We received no sashes of merit or stars of indie. but we photogra,‘ ‘ the King and Queen and the charming

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We had only one sleepless night and one apoplectlt morning to make our preparations. Not until l2 o'clock did we get our special high- powercd color film through the customs. Noi until i o'clock did we sieve a camera that would take the films. Not until s o'clock wcc we sure that nothing bed gone wrong. and at thet we weren't sure And aot until we actually were tailhl to their llllitlel ofuOanade did we know whether we were

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lt was the second day of the state visit to London of President and Madame Debrun of France. titular heads of the other great partner of that enterite cordiaie on which our freedom today is based. It was President Lebrun'e great day. He

the recipient of all those gaudy an- tique honors which only London can provide. and in order as it were not to steal the show. King George and. Queen Elizabeth had stayed home to have a quiet minute to themselves. And this quiet minute was just the time to give Canada her sittings. And there we were.

The King. alert as a thoroughbred, and the Queen, radiant and charm- ing. and the Princess Elizabeth. of high destiny. and Princess Margaret oi the impish eyes. came out from the Bow room and walked down the steps toward the cameras. There were not only Canada's cameras. for we didn't have honors quite all to ourselves that day. There were movie cameras. making the first film ever taken of their British Majesties strolling in their gardens with their daughte and Dookie. their favorite dog. "It looks as though we were going to be photo- graphed." observed the King drily. when he saw us all.

There was the King. King of five hundred millions. or at least four hundred and ninety-seven millions, first citizen of the British Empire. The man. a compound of Norman. Plantagenet. Tudor. Stuart and Guelph. who next month was to go to Canada and probably bring the house down. and be the first of all of a long. glittering line of British kings to visit as king the greatest of his great dominions beyond the seas.

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moved easily. with the walk of a man highstrung but confident. His browned face was a picture of health. lf this meeting had been at the north pole and unexpected. you would have known that here was a son of George the Fifth.

With him were the Quem and the prlncessesrthe. three roseslof Scot- land and of York.

The Queen is a lovely and radiant woman and we shall~probably use the same adjectives again. During that hour she spent most of her energies going out of her way to be helpful and kind to the photo- graphers who had the biggest sit- tings of their lives and now had to work like swift machines. with sit- ters who. as one of us said. "can't be pushed around like ordinary people". She was dressed in a kind of mauve blue outfit. hat and all. though ex- perts on these things would pro- bably call it cyclernen blue. Her dress and light coat were of cycle- men blue and so was her becoming hat with a wide brim. very simple and very pretty. though perhaps queens and their clothes shouldn't be described as pretty.

When the Queen approached me the first time and offered her hand and talked. that was the time l for- got to bow low. the time when I addressed her as “your Majesty". which is a eolecism or something (though not impeachable). because. strange]. enough. kings and queens never hear themselves called “your Majesty" they only hear “air” and “ma'ain"; but this time they heard "your Maiesty” because we were just farflung Canadians -- well. when she came up end offered her hand. l saw that lhl had very black hair (though it isn't black. as she told me herself later-remind me oi that) and a rounded radiant face (l ltiak by that ‘radiant’? and very bright blue eyes and a soft. quiet. tiriendlyyolce without benefit of haw-haw accent lo l whole- heartedly give you me Queen.

Princesses Elisabeth and Margaret Rose. the world's highest destined child and bar little sister. were

On the eve of their departure for an unprecedented visit

about the beautiful grounds

to Canada and the United States, the King and Queen sum- moned two Canadian photographers to Windsor Castle to take special pictures for Canadian and American newspapers- There. along with the royal princesses, their maicsties strolled

while cameras recorded the

pleasant scene. The two Canadians photographing, by royal command, the tour most eminent persons in the empire. were Gerald Richardson of Toronto. and Lawrie Audrain. formerly of Winnipeg. Herewith is reproduced one of the pictures they made, along with the story of the event by Mathew H. Halton. noted foreign correspondent. who arranged the details.

now and Margaret is 9. Elizabeth la tail and slim and hears gracefully and unaffectedly her destiny that is to be. To say these children are "natural" would hardly be the right word. "Natural" girls of that age in that position might he self- conscious and would very probably giggle. These two must have had a very fine and ekilful upbringing to be princesses and yet to be so genuine and unspoiled.

The King and Queen and prin- ceases and their aged and hascible little dog strolled down the steps and the cameras clicked. They talked to us for a moment. then we posed the four most eminent people in the British Empire at a little table against a carved stone balustradc. and the stage was set. Mr. Alan Lascelles. the King's aa- slstant private secretary. spread out a map of Canada on the table be- fore them and they pored over it.. smiling and chatting as the cameras clicked again. The King traced on the map the royal route across the Dominion and back for the benefit of the eager princesses. who are staying behind. The wind blew his heir over his eyes ‘and the cameras caught Princess Elizabeth reaching to brush it back. i could see cap- tion writers going all out over that one-“O daddy. let me fix your hair".

My eyes weren't always on the royal perv. but sometimes dwelt anxiously on the photographers. They moved like automatons and for a time were cool as e Scipio di- recting a battle. But not alwsya When we left the lawns and went into the Bow room for interior photographs. and the king and Queen talked to Lawrie for the first time. he iost his calm a little and there followed scenes such ae W» ~ .

The royal party were posed la- Mmellr on e some. their Welsh Corgi wasmcvtngaithcls teeteisd wouldn't beep still. Lawrte left his camera and approached the some. flaed the Oates with bis m and etaiaaierec words: ‘Rolfe-

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"Dogs." confirmed Lawrie. "Much though I love dogs. this photo- graph must have a half-second ex- posure and I'm afraid the dog might move."

So someone called the dog. but he wouldn't budge. “He wants to be in your pictures.“ said Princess Elizabeth. "Madam." I ventured. “shelYl pick him up?" “I'm afraid he would bite you.” replied the Queenl "Shell i take him out?" asked Princess Elizabeth. indicating another great room. “Goodness. no." said the Queen. “he might. bite someone else." But at this moment Dookie realized that he was do trop and crept grumbling away.

There was “ episode in that famous room when we of Toronto and Winnipeg and Plncher Creek, of ell people. saw the King and Queen and their daughters laughing before e mirror and combing their hair. Colonel's Lady and Judy 0'Grady are eleters under their skins. it seems. and the Queen of Canada. like any one of the rest of you. has to go to a mirror and comb her hair_when she comes in out of the wind to have her picture taken. The Queen's hair is black and shin- ing. the princesses honey colored. "Madamf I seid. "there is a dis- agreement among the royal pho- tographers about the color oi your hair. Some say it's black. others dark brown. i sec it's black." "No." replied her radiant Malesq. stalling. “it's dark brown. I think." She looked down at her daughter's heir -thoulb she doesn't have so look fer to find Princess Elisabeth. who la now nearly as tell ee herself. it's rpib. nld the Queen. that the princesses’ heir always comes out in photographs so much darker than it really it. Princess Margaret Rose looked up and nodded linen-lent, And ae weitelkcdjhe ltlng strolled ever. and chatted and effortlessly M‘,

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ing questions: the King of Canada who is now to visit a country where no British King has been before as King. and so to make history.

With the King and his family on a halcyon day some time later. we had another sitting. but this time it was at Windsor Castle, which is easily the most magnificent and pic- turesque royal resldence on earth. and set in just such a paradise of English country as the English dream of when they are thousands of miles from home.

On a steep hill is the castle and it has everything that comes to mind when you think of English antiquity: grcat i-ttellatcd walls and hoary keeps and brooding towers: an exquisite chapel. ‘which houses the body of George the Fifth and the banners of Europe's oldest order of chivalry: a lovely horseshoe cloisier of mellow- bricked Tudor houses; and a hun- dred passages and chambers and galleries and gardens and vaults alive with ghosts of history. Be- low lazes i- the Thames through sleepy Windsor town and just across the Thames are the dor- mitories and playing fields p! Eton. where Britain's upper class stripllngs go to school. And from the terrace of the castle as far as the eye can see stretches this English Eden of woodland and green velvet parkland. and you look over to copper-roofed F-ogrnora, where Queen Victoria lies. and over to- ward the royal lodge where the 1'05’!!! family go for their only com- pletely private week-ends. and over toward the great cosmopolla of London, 30 miles away through the spring haze.

On the terrace there. which is just in front of the famous state apartments and now was a riot of wallflowers. 1 marehalled my army, composed of Gerry and Lawrie mg told them for the seventh time not

to be afraid to ask their Majestic!

to do anything that was necessary; and then down the wide steps came the King. the Queen and the pﬂn. l-‘lillﬁl. the King hand in hand with Margaret Rose. who tried not to dine» we sally. but tailed to be demure. in that incomparable est. "n! and with such subjects to ppgg for their subjects. our cameras b‘. Ian shooting again.

This time the King wore an in. "ml" "He"! wit. srulsh blue in color. and with a checked peg. tern. and the Queen g bqguﬂyu] ensemble the color of blue pearlg, u there is such a color. and the prin- cesses the same pink guitg q ‘Q Buckingham Palace.‘ which ghowg that even the most exalted you“ ladies hose to wear their elem“ more than once. It was a very handsome royal family which for us that day. thou“ m.“ u.’ be too strong s word. because tug‘

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Every half hour the King and Queen were receiving messages about Europe's grim crisis. yet they had time and energy to be very gracious with us. in fact. we talked there on that lovely terrace about the world crisis. the King and Queen acting as if we knew as much about it ae they did. end the Queen said in her grave pleasant voice what a shame it would be if the Canadian trip could not be made. “Three to one you go." I said. and she nodded. "l think so. too." she said.

The King is a handsome. fresh- looking man, exuding a kind ot clean healthinese. He seems lean and strong and at ease, but reserved and free from false heartiness as he strolls with you and talks. i-le had bigger things on his mind than taking pictures, but he was con- sideration itself. OnLv i0 minutes after our sitting he was hurrying to London to hear a report from the prime minister on Europe's fast disintegrating state.

We posed our royal hosts against the yellow waliflowers. against the great white castle whose stones are mortared with-history. and on a bank against the blue sky. At least. i posed them with the help of sug- gestions from the King and Queen. because Gerry andLewria were very busy and perhaps a little awed. a

“After all." says Gerry. “you can't push the King and - Queen around."— - —"May we have one now with the King and Princess Elizabeth alone?" "Will the Prin- cess Margaret please look at the camera." "Yes, madam. that's per- fect." _

You are supposed to say mahm, pronounced cnehm. but it didn't sound right to me so l made history and said madam- — --l worked hard. not really knowing anything about this art. But the King and Queen knew about it and gave me lots of help-once i asked the Kins if photography were still one of his hobbies. "l like it." he said. "but i have no time for it now."

When it was over the King and Queen didn't hurry. lmpatienily sway.‘ but chatted tor a tew minutes and i told them about the Rookies they were going to see and the flaw- lese jewel of Lake Louise and the prairies and the Northern Ontario wilderness. “You're all Lhree born Canadians?‘ asked the Klnl- "Id I called my army over to shake hands with their sovereigns. 0cm lmi Lawrie took a tew more pictures. close-ups or the princesses. and the tell pleasant young heir preeumvlivi to the throne told me it was too bed she could not come to Canada will!

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ed aim n iui and um strolled into the castle alter shaking hands with us again ‘and Margaret Roll shoeh hands twice and waved w us from the m».

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