The King and Queen
Simplicity and Comfort
I was one of many who saw the King and Queen off at Victoria recently. Holidaymakers, when they saw the scarlet cloth on the platform and learnt its purpose, missed their own trains in order that they might watch the arrival and departure of Their Majesties, writes a Londoner.
was far from warm. The Queen ' was a majestic figure in pale grey, but she held her fur 'collar up to her neck.. The crowd was bitterly disappointed that the Duke and Duchess of York worn not on the royal train.
Simplicity and comfort rather than elaborate luxury characterise the arrangements of the Victoria and Albert. The dining saloon has panelled walls and mahogany armchairs, while the King's cabin is as plain as any naval officer's with its white enamel and steelwork.
The King looked well and had a pleased expression, as if glad to get away to tlio sea, of which he is so fond. Perhaps the gusty wind which blew about the station reminded him of the breeze of the Solent.
His Majesty, I noticed, wore neither overcoat nor gloves, though the weather
The Queen's suite is decorated in her favourita blue.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21296, 24 September 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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