KENSINGTON PALACE

Press, Volume C, Issue 29469, 22 March 1961, Page 15

KENSINGTON PALACE

Bigger Home For Princess LONDON, March 21. Princess Margaret and Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones are to be given a larger home in Kensington Palace, it was announced today. Their new quarters will not be ready until the end of next year. Like their present home, it will be a grace-and-favour residence given them by the Queen. It is believed it will be in a part of Kensington Palace which was built by Christopher Wren between 1689-91. It suffered bomb damage during the war. The new home will be about the size of the one occupied by the Duchess of Kent, also in Kensington Palace. No. 10 Kensington Palace, in which the Princess and Mr Armstrong-Jones are at oresent living, fell vacant on the death of Lord Carisbrooke. and the Queen was able then to offer it immediately to them. It is a small house and has always been regarded as a temporary home. Shipwreck In New Hebrides NOUMEA. March 21. The wooden motorship. Maria Delmar, had been wrecked on Pallicolo Reef, south of Santo, in the New Hebrides, and the French freighter, Quebec. was aground just south of Noumea. the British United Press reported today. Both ships’ crews are safe. The B.U.P report said the ships were blown aground in a tropical storm which hit the New Hebrides on Sunday. The Maria Delmar is a total wreck It was not known whether the 3540 - ton Quebec was damaged. East Meets West In Cyprus NICOSIA. March 21. Cypriot Left-wingers yesterday welcomed Soviet tourists with flowers and posted protest placards against visiting United States warships. There were cheers from workers as the Soviet liner Estonia, with 300 tourists aboard, steamed into Famagusta past seven ships of the United States Sixth Fleet