YOUNG PRINCESSES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22779, 13 July 1937, Page 9

YOUNG PRINCESSES

PLAYTIME AND STUDY PALACE GROUNDS PICNICS LONDON, July 4 Between garden parties, Buckingham Palace grounds have become a picnicking place, and beside the tall rushes of the lake, secluded in the heart of London, the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, not content with their week-end picnics at Windsor, keep up the practice. Prince Edward, the young son of the Duke of Kent, is often taken to the grounds to join the Princesses. In the schoolroom on the second floor of the Palace the Princesses follow a strict and carefully arranged course of study. Their Majesties are anxious that the Princesses should be brought up as far as possible on normal lines, although already public engagements occur with increasing frequency, especially for Princess Elizabeth. Days off, on which they attend functions, which recently included the Horse Show and charity dancing matinees, nre followed , by closer study to make up for the time lost. Miss Crawford, who has been governess to Princess Elizabeth for several years, is in general charge of the education. There are also visiting teachers for French, music and dancing. The lessons begin early and there is a break in the middlo of the morning. After lunch lessons are resumed in the gardens on sunny days. One morning each week the Princesses have swimming lessons at the Bath Club. Both are progressing well. The Queen bought an evening coat, a white gardening dress and also two silk dresses for Princess Elizabeth at the exhibition •of hand-painted and printed fabrics. The Queen's coat is of white georgette, patterned with a trellis design of lavender and pale blue roses. One of the Princess' dresses is of white moss, crepe, patterned with yellow spots, and the other is of China blue and white Shantung.