THE BABY PRINCESS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 18 September 1930, Page 7

THE BABY PRINCESS

CHOICE, OE GLAiMiS AS BIRTHPLACE. EIKST OUTING IN GROUNDS. LONDON. Sept. 2. When the Duchess of York set her heart on Glands Castle as the ■birthplace of the new Princess, it necessiliiteil aji sorts' oLyspecial arrangements and involved exta cost,-, totalling over £SOOO. ■ ' For instance, the baptismal fee to to paid to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Cosmo Lang, alone will be £sllO. Two other clergymen who will assist in performing that ceremony will receive £SO each. The usual fee of Sir Henry Simson, the Duchess’s physician, for a maternity case in London its 200 iguineas. Ho received 20 guineas a day in Scotland. Mr. Frank Reynolds, tlie surgeon ill attendance received 15 guineas a day. The direct telephone connection which was installed’ between Glam,is Castle and the London house of the Duke and Duchess cost £IOO. The Registrar of Birth®, received 100 guineas tor his services.

The Glands tenants and servants are -<> give a gold cup as a. baptismal gift. All the -servants at the castle and. in addition, all the- Duke’s servants, received special gratuities in celebration of tlie occasion. The baby Princess had her first glimpse of the outside world to-day, when who was taken out in a luxurious perambulator, like a limousine, with dark blue coach work, silver fittings and shock-absorbing tires. Hi, had been intended to give the infant an airing earlier, but thunderstorms 'prevented it. To-dav the weather was perfect. The Countess of Strathmore, mother of the Duchess of York chose a 'sheltered sunny spot in the Italian garden, close to the castle wall, where the noise of passing motors could- riot he heard. A nurse wheeled the baby Princess to- the spot, Princess Elizabeth delightedly assisting. The members of the castle staff were -et mi tied to have their first peep at ■ the infant Princess.