Remarks to be Delivered by the Princess in the Rose Garden, November 2, on the Occasion of Presentation of the Overmantel

REMARKS TO BE DELIVERED BY THE PRINCESS IN THE ROSE GARDEN, NOVEMBER 2, OU OCCASION OF PRESENTATION OF THE Ege OVERMANTEL. is ARCHIVES SERVICE" NATIONAL RECORDS AND MR. PRES IDENT: We have spent two very happy days as your guests. Before we leave, I am, therefore, very glad to present to you a gift from my Father, the King. I feel that this ceremony makes a fitting climax to what has been a delightful and menorable occasion for both of us. The renovation of the White House has attracted interest all over the world. Everyone knows how closely it has been bound up with the history of your country and how important it is to your people as a symbol of national pride. If it had been impossible to preserve this beautiful building many people in Britain would have shared your disappointment. As it is we are glad to join with you in celebrating its restoration; and my Father, who has many happy memories of his own stay in the house, has wished to mark the event with a personal gift. It gave the King great pleasure when he found the overmantel which is before you now. The work of 18th Century artists, and embodying the finest British craftsmanship, it seems perfectly suited for the place which it will occupy. It gives me great pleasure on behalf of my Father, to present this overmentel to you. It is his hope, and mine, that it will be a welcome ornament to one of your proudest national possessions and that it will remain here, as a mark of our friendship, so long as the White House shall stand.