1.
SV PRINCE CHARLES ARRIVES IN
CAR
0.04

2.
SV PRINCE CHARLES OUT OF CAR GREETED BY
PRINCE AND PRINCESS AND SMALL SON
0.12

3.
LV PRINCE
CHARLES AND CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS IN GROUNDS ( 3 SHOTS )
0.27

4.
SV PRINCE CHARLES MEETING PRINCESS CHICHIBU
0.33

5.
CU PRINCE CHARLES SHAKING HANDS
0.41

6.
CU PRINCE CHARLES CHATTING
0.44

7.
LV
PRINCESS CHCHIBU SHOWING CHARLES CHERRY BLOSSOM TREES (2 SHOTS)
0.54

8.
CU BLOSSOM ON TREES
0.57

9.
CU &
LV PRINCE CHARLES & PRINCESS CHICHIBU
1.05



Initials PF/T/JH/PS



Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

Background: BRITAIN'S PRINCE CHARLES, NOW VISITING JAPAN, CALLED ON THE JAPANESE
CROWN PRINCE, PRINCE AKIHITO DURING HIS STAY IN THE JAPANESE
CAPITAL.

THE MEETING OF THE TWO PRINCES OCCURRED ON MONDAY AT THE HOME OF
THE 36-YEAR-OLD HEIR TO THE JAPANESE THRONE. PRINCE CHARLES ALSO
MET CROWN PRINCESS M: CHIKO AND THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL COUPLE'S
SMALL SON, FOUR-YEAR-OLD PRINCE AYA.

IT WAS AN EXTREMELY DOMESTIC DAY FOR THE TWO ROYAL PRINCES WHO DISCUSSED MAINLY FAMILY AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. THEIR
COMMON LANGUAGE WAS ENGLISH.

PRINCE AKIHITO LEARNT ENGLISH WHEN A CHILD FROM AN AMERICAN QUAKER TEACHER.

LATER, PRINCE CHARLES CALLED ON THE PRINCESS CHICHIBU THE WIDOW OF
THE EMPEROR'S BROTHER. PRINCESS CHICHIBU WAS BORN IN LONDON WHERE
HERE FATHER WAS A DIPLOMAT.

PRINCESS CHICHIBU IS HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF THE JAPAN-BRITISH SOCIETY
AND LIKE ALL JAPANESE SHE WAS PROUD TO SHOW HER GUEST THE FAMOUS JAPANESE CHERRY TREES IN BLOSSOM.