Child runs away with purse when overawed by Prince of Wales . Little Anne Brown , daughter of one of the Governors of the Prince of Wales General Hospital at Tottenham , Lonodn , became so overawed at presenting a purse to the Prince of Wales when he visited the hospital to pen the new extension , that she turned and ran away still clasping the purse in her hand . The Prince laughed heartily at the incident . Little Anne Brown running away from the Prince of Wales with the purse when she became overawed at her public position . 21 July 1932