- Title: BELGIUM: KING FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA DINES AT ROYAL PALACE IN BRUSSELS.
- Date: 30th May 1967
- Summary: 1. GV ROYAL PALACE 0.04 2. SV GUARD OUTSIDE PALACE 0.11 3. TV GUARD AT PALACE ENTRANCE (2 SHOTS) 0.16 4. SV PEOPLE ENTERING INTERIOR 0.22 5. SV PEOPLE UP STAIRS 0.24 6. LV PEOPLE ENTER RECEPTION ROOM 0.30 7. SV KING FAISAL, KING BAUDOUIN AND QUEEN FABIOLA 8. SV KING FAISAL AND HOSTS TAKING UP POSITION 0.46 9. SV KING FAISAL AND KING BAUDOUIN 0.48 10. CU KING FAISAL RECEIVING GUESTS- PAN TO KING BAUDOUIN 0.56 11. LV GUESTS GREETED BY ROYAL COUPLE AND KING FAISAL 1.02 12. CU KING FAISAL RECEIVING PEOPLE 1.10 13. SV QUEEN FABIOLA 1.15 14. LV ROYAL PARTY 1.20 15. LV BANQUET HALL 1.21 16. NEARER V..DITTO 1.23 17. LV KING FAISAL, KING BAUDOUIN AND QUEEN FABIOLA WALK TO TABLE 1.29 Initials IF/VS/JH/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 14th June 1967 13:00
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- Location: BRUSSELS -- BELGIUM
- Country: Belgium
- Reuters ID: LVA496Y25T0LZWM5PORG7A001XUA
- Story Text: THE 62-YEAR-OLD KING FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA FLEW FROM LONDON TO BRUSSELS YESTERDAY (MONDAY) AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS THREE-DAY STATE VISIT TO BELGIUM. AFTER AN AIRPORT RECEPTION, AND AN OFFICIAL GATHERING AT THE DIPLOMATIC PALACE, KING BAUDOUIN AND QUEEN FABIOLA OF THE BELGIUM ENTERTAINED KING FAISAL AT A GALA DINNER IN THE PALAIS DE BRUXELLES.
KING FAISAL ENDED A NINE-DAY STATE VISIT TO BRITAIN ON MAY 17. HE STAYED ON PRIVATELY FOR TALKS WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAROLD WILSON AND A ROUTINE MEDICAL CHECK AT A LONDON CLINIC.
DURING HIS VISIT TO BELGIUM THE KING WILL TOUR SEVERAL PLACES OF INTEREST, INCLUDING THE NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE AT MOL. BUT HE HAS DECIDED TO CANCEL A DINNER HE WAS TO HAVE GIVEN TONIGHT IN HONOUR OF HIS HOSTS, AS A MARK OF MOURNING FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE BRUSSELS DEPARTMENT STORE FIRE LAST WEEK.
THE SAUDI ARABIAN EMBASSY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT KING FAISAL WILL DONATE THE COST OF THE DINNER TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS.
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