Sunninghill Park, which his Majesty, King George, had granted to Princess Elizabeth as her future home, was swept by fire last week. The photograph shows the damaged half of the mansion in Windsor Forest after the flames had subsided. A message from the N.Z.P.A. correspondent says that the commandant of the Berkshire County Police, in an official statement, reported that both the police and national fire service after full investigation were satisfied that the fire was accidental.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26559, 6 September 1947, Page 7
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77Sunninghill Park, which his Majesty, King George, had granted to Princess Elizabeth as her future home, was swept by fire last week. The photograph shows the damaged half of the mansion in Windsor Forest after the flames had subsided. A message from the N.Z.P.A. correspondent says that the commandant of the Berkshire County Police, in an official statement, reported that both the police and national fire service after full investigation were satisfied that the fire was accidental. Otago Daily Times, Issue 26559, 6 September 1947, Page 7
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