COUNTRY COTTAGE
QUEEN MARY’S DESIRE KING’S NEW PALACE ROOM TT is understood that Queen Mary is considering establishing a country cottage, probably in Surrey, at an early date. Both the King and the Duke of Kent m..ke full use of their country homes for relaxation and would like their mother to possess a week-end home. When Queen Mary returns from a series of country house visits, which furnish proof of her love of country life, she will attend to the plans of the new cottage. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose are learning the art of packing. Queen Victoria ‘always insisted that the children should pack their personal belongings. The veteran Princesses, Louise and Beatrice, still do so. Mrs. Knight, head nurse to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, is now teaching them, while the Court is in Scotland. England’s oldest Princess is Princess Louise, who is in her 90th year, and is undertaking public functions. King’s New Room. When he goes to Buckingham Palace in October, the King will find a new room ready in which to conduct most State business. Hitherto, His Majesty has used the one which the present Duke of Windsor prepared close to the Palace entrance. The new one is in the quietest corner, overlooking Constitution Hill. It is specially furnished, and a magnificent writing table, one of his wedding presents, will be there. The Queen’s apartments, and the suite of the Princesses, nearby, are being brightly and attractively redecorated.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20863, 20 October 1937, Page 14
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243COUNTRY COTTAGE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20863, 20 October 1937, Page 14
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