REPLICA OF KING’S HOUSE
MINIATURE GOLD KEY USED. (United Press Afieociatlon —By Electric Telegraph CopyrightJ LONDON, March 26. Using a gold key so tiny that it fits inside a signet ring, the King unlocked the front door of a replica of the King’s House at the “Daily Mail’s” ideal home exhibition. His Majesty was astonished when he was told it v r as a master key opening all doors, cupboards and wardrobes in the house, and a key to the motor-car as well. The Queen was delighted with a similar key enclosed in a gold locket for the mistress of the house.
In December the King accepted a proposal by the Royal "Warrant Holders’ Association, as an expression of loyalty and appreciation o: the celebration of bis jubilee, to build, equip, furnish and endow a house named The King’s House, which will be at the disposal of the Sovereign for accommodation of anybody His Majesty thinks worthy of indication o: the Royal favour.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 29 March 1935, Page 7
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