PRINCESSES ATTEND
PARTY IN ENCHANTED WOOD The little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose went to a most uncommon party recently, states a London correspondent. As the children arrived they were given imitation gold and silver money with which to go shopping, and they took away their purchases in paper carriers. Lady Astor, who is always full of original ideas, gave this party at her house in St. James’s Square, London. It was in honour of the Princesses’ two small cousins, Simon and Davina Bowes-Lyon, aged 2 and 4 years old, children of the Hon. David BowesLyon (brother of the Duchess of York). They were staying for a few days with Lady Astor, who is their great-aunt.
A hundred children were invited to this most elaborate party. The house had been transformed into the enchanted wood of the fairy tales. The staircase was framed in snow-white columns formed by double white cherry trees planted in baskets, and the rooms had been massed with a forest of sweet-smelling bright-flowering trees, among them an Bft magnolia in full planted in wicket baskets and moss, bloom.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20095, 30 April 1935, Page 10
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182PRINCESSES ATTEND Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20095, 30 April 1935, Page 10
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