ROYAL HOME DISPERSED
The Royal Pavilion at Aldershot has lost a good deal of furniture recently, comments 'the London "Daily Telegraph." Wardrobes and kitchen equipment have been transferred to homes taken over for evacuees, It was the Queen's idea, of which the King at once approved enthusiastically. The'-building is in a mili tary area, or it might have been placed • it stands, at the disposal* of< the bil leting authorities. Dating back to the early days of Aldershot as garrison town, the Royal Pavilion was built by the Prince Consort for Queen Victoria. The present King and Queen have never lived there, • but King George V and Queen Mary used it in the early years of their reign. The last occupants were the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, who moved from there to York House, St. James's Palact,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 27, 1 February 1941, Page 16
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138ROYAL HOME DISPERSED Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 27, 1 February 1941, Page 16
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