AT THE PALACE

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 386, 18 March 1937, Page 2

AT THE PALACE

Where Princesses Will Play.

Three little white bars that have appeared on two windows on the second floor of Buckingham Palace’ nave been the sign to Londoners that there are nurseries again in Buckingham Palace —a nursery for Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, states an overseas writer.

It is. 27 years since the last family of children “moved in,’’ when King George V. came to the hrone in IfflO There were six of them then. The Duke of Windsor, then 16, had a study which he shared with his brother,, now the King, who was 15. The Princess Royal was 13, and had a schoolroom for her lessons with her governess. A large nursery was provided for the little ones. The Duke of Gloucester was 10, the Duke of Kent 8, and the late Prince John 5

In the nursery was a large and much-loved rocking hors.e, which had survived many hundreds of ffffles of stationary galloping. A legend remains that Its tail Ms loose, and that' its hollow middle held many lost treasures. There was also a great bookcase which held the stories that are still part of every English child's inheritance.

This year the present King will see his own children playing in the gardens' where he and his brothers and sister played nearly 30 years ago —the gardens that London never sees unless it is from the air, but where Royal children have played as it Eondon were 100 miles away. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, it is reported, are to have ® large playroom, their own bedrooms, and a children’s diningroom.

Until now their nursery has been decorated in pale .green, with plain mahogany furniture. The same blueyjretjn was used for their sleeping rooms as well. It has been suggest- ’ ~ed that the new nursery mav hr ’ furnished in iwaxed oak, with animal carvings, but no definite changes have yet been made. • The little Princess's go out in all weathers except fog. They will play in the palace gardens in mackintoshes and Wellington boots on wet days. Their own special part of the grounds is Well adapted to games, as there are both plenty of open space and enough frees to provide cover for “ETde-and-