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Royalty
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from business men along the route
finally selected.
The routes for the Thursday aft
ernoon drives between the White
House and the Embassy and for the
parade from Union Station to the
White House when the King and
Queen arrive here Thursday morn
ing are the only ones in connection
with their majesties' visit that will
be made public in detail, the State
Department said.
1t was pointed out at the White
House that protection of the royal
visitors and handling of the crowds
eager to see them could be ar
were no advance announcement of
the streets over which they would
travel on their more informal trips
while here.
Thus there will be no announce
ment of detailed plans for the in
formal sightseeing tour of their
majesties Thursday afternoon. when
they leave the White House at
2:30 pm. to visit Lincoln Memorial,
the Cathedral Church of st. Peter
and St. Paul, Rock Greek Park
and other points of interest.
Others Unrevealed.
Likewise. the public will not
know in advance what streets the
King and Queen will traverse Fri
day morning when they 60 from
the White House to the British
Embassy at 10 am. for a reception
of British subjects and British ex-
service men; from the Embassy to
congressional reception at the
Capitol at II am, or from the
Capitol to the Navy Yard to en-
bark at noon on the U. S. S. Po-
tomac for cruise to Mount Vernon.
The State Department announce
ment of the Thursday afternoon
route between the White House and
the Embassy was made in connec-
ton with release of a revised pro-
gram for the tWo-day royal visit.
lid ~ Oeol dlIl SOllld Ills all dlIuOSt
mlnute-by-minute schedule from the
time Secretary of State Hull and
British Ambassador Sir Ronald
Lindsay meet their majesties when
they cross the border from Canada
to enter the United States at Niagara
Falls at 9:35 pm. Wednesday, until
they leave the Roosevelt estate at
Hyde Park. N. Y. at II pm. Sunday
to return to Canada and embark for
England.
After the royal train arrives here
at II am Thursday, the King and
Queen will be busy for about As
minutes meeting President and Mrs.
Roosevelt and other officials and
receiving military honors in front
of Union Station. Then they will
be escorted in spectacular military
parade, that will take 10 to II
minutes to pass a given point, to the
Capitol and back down Constitution
south entrance of the White House
Afternoon Schedule.
Their majesties will meet the
diplomatic corps at the White House
Immediately after their arrival there
at noon. After a private luncheon
at pm. comes the sightseeing tour
and the garden party at the British
Embassy, followed by formal din
ner and musicale at the White
House, where the royal visitors will
spend the night
The royal schedule begins Friday
at 10 am. After the receptions at
the Embassy and the Capitol, they
will arrive at Mount Vernon aboard
the U. S. S. Potomac with President
and Mrs. Roosevelt at 80 pm. and
spend an hour there. Motoring
back to Washington, they will stop
to inspect the Civilian Conservation
Corps camps at Fort Hunt, Va, at
2:40 pm, and to lay wreaths on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and
the Canadian Cross in Arlington
Cemetery at 1928 pm.
Getting back to the White House
at 3:55 pm, they will have tea at
4:30 and leave at 7::55 pm. for the
British Embassy, where they will be
hosts at a dinner for President and
Mrs. Roosevelt.
The first visit of reigning British
King and Queen to Washington
ends Friday night at 1870 pm,
when they board the royal train at
Union Station to go to New York.