The Press: Touring Trouble

At Quebec's old stone Citadel, the Boston Post's Grace Davidson managed to push her way into a reception for Princess Elizabeth and ended up shaking hands with her. This was enough to give Reporter Davidson a Post "exclusive" on how "I was presented to the Princess Elizabeth today." But most of the other British, Canadian and U.S. reporters covering Elizabeth and Philip's tour last week had no such luck. Many of the reporters might just as well have stayed home, for all the stories they got.

The angry newsmen were herded about by police, fenced in by red-tape, kept from all but...

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