Germany (Princess Margaret's Visit) 45. Lieut.-Colonel Lipton asked the Prime Minister which Government Department was responsible for the detailed arrangements in connection with the Royal visit last week to the British-occupied zone in Germany. The Prime Minister (Sir Winston Churchill) It was arranged last February for Her Royal Highness to visit British Forces in Germany, in particular the members and families of regiments of which she is colonel-in-chief. The detailed arrangements were made by the Service Departments. It was natural that the President of the Federal Republic should receive and honour Her Royal Highness and arrangements in this connection were made through the Foreign Office. Lieut.-Colonel Lipton Is the Prime Minister aware that various social and political aspects of those detailed arrangements have caused controversy in which Her Majesty's Government should not have implicated any member of the Royal Family? The Prime Minister The text of the speech made by Princess Margaret was approved beforehand by the Foreign Office.