KING AND QUEEN PUT ON WAR RATIONS.
LONDON, Feb. 15. King. George and Queen Mary wero among the first in England, as was Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in the United States, to make their household conform to the rigorous rationing system of a Food Minister or administrator. Like the White House at Washington, the royal family and staff at Buckingham Palace have been placed on tlie diet suggested bj' the man chosen to conserve the nation's food supply in England, Lord Rhondda.
From the early days of the Ministry of Food the King has insisted that every suggestion for self-denial which has been put before the people of the country must be loyally observed throughout the royal household.
Sir Derek Keppel, master of the household, said in an interview this week : "We are all in line here with the rations. I never knew any people so thoroughly conscientious' in this matter as the King and Queen. They accept the restrictions with tbe most noticeable cheerfulness, taking real pleasure in bearing their share of the food hardships. . The royal household is a large" and varying one. Its changing character makes some difficulty in the rationing*, but if any error is made in the calculation it is in the direction of 'less* rather than 'more.' We keep in constant touch with the Ministry of Food, learning each day whatever new regulations may bo impending. Quite often recently the royal ■-. larder has been empty of such commodities as butter, margarine and tea', and we have gone without, froni tho King down. The King and Queen have repeatedly spoken to me to impress me with the duty of self-denial in food and drink. The 'King in the first days of the war pledged himself to total abstinence from alcohol beverages, and that pledge holds good to-day over the whole household. The King actually trie* always to anticipate restrictions. A lon.tr while" ago he insisted on coal economy in the palace. Waste of fuel or coal constitutes a grave offence among the servants of the King."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14597, 6 May 1918, Page 5
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