In tiniest type on inside pages, loyal Dutch newsorgans printed last week a one-sentence despatch from Sweden:
"Stockholm: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Gustav Adolf officially denied today reports from Amsterdam of the betrothal of his second son Prince Sigvard to Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands."
During the week Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. 49, and Crown Princess Juliana, 21, were in Norway, yachting among the fjords.