KENSINGTON PALACE
DUKE OF KENT’S HOME. The Duke and Duchess of Kent will, it is understood, make their home in Kensington Palace. The move will not be made for some months, because of the extensive improvements which are to be carried out. These will include new furnishing, modern lighting, up-to-date bath rooms, a new method of heating and an. electric lift.
In making the decision to occupy Kensington Palace the Duke, it is believed, is fulfilling a frequentlyexpressed wish of his great-aunt, < Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll,!
who lived in the Palace for many years until her death last December. The Duke is the principal beneficiary under her will.
Kensington Palace, which is Crown property, is full of Royal associations. It was here that Queen Victoria, daughter of Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, and the Duchess of Kent, was born in 1819, and where in 1837 she learned the news of her accession to the throne. The Palace has not been occupied by a Duke of Kent since those days.
One of the most historic parts of the Palace is the “lost staircase” down which the young Princess Vic-
toria walked in her night attire to hear that She had become Queen. It' ■ has been known as the “lost staircase” since it was cut off from the State rooms to which it gave access.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 February 1940, Page 2
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