JULIANA'S PALACE.
AN OPEN-AIR POOL.
The -honeymoon liome or Princess Juliana, and Prince Bernhard at Soestdi jk is to be version of a royal palace, tyit'the work will not be finished'until the autumn, so that when they come back from Poland the young couple will take up reeidence in one wing. The palace is built in a semicircle, anjl among the improvements to be made this summer are an open-air ftwimming pool—Prince Bernhard. has a German fondness for swimming and bathing—lawn tennis courts and an underground cinema. The pool and courts are to b"e made out" of a former deer park behind ' the house. The late Queen Mother Emma's furniture is being removed and all the decoration tend refurnishing is being'dbne at the expense of the people of the Netherlands, who are making thie their wedding gift.
In May Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard will be the guests of the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace, when they will represent Queen Wilhelmina at the/ Coronation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 84, 10 April 1937, Page 15
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