The 'Vanguard' is ready. Final preparations are being carried out on board HMS 'Vanguard' (Rear Admiral W G Agnew) for the reception of the Royal Family, who will spend 17 days in the battleship, which shows for South Africa from Portsmouth on Saturday next. Photo shows, the King sleeping cabin in the Vanguard, which is a blue and white patterned bedspread with light satinwood furniture and an oval mirror dressing table. 29 January 1947