GREECE: Home to Hellas

Crumbling, sleazy, disused, the Greek Royal Palace was found last week to contain no bed in which George II by the Grace of God King of the Hellenes could possibly be expected to sleep.

The triumphal arches available for the restored King's entry into Athens had been bought by the Greek Republic last year when a visit was expected from Egypt's King Fuad who sent his regrets.

But there was no lack of splendor for George II last week on his route home from London to Athens across Italy. The world's finest private train*...

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