THAMES EMBARKMENT
o— —- The long, flat sweep of the Thames Embankment between Blackfriars Bridge and Charing Cross seems a far cry from lovely mountain scenery, and yet it has a close connection with the French Alps. The Savoy Embankment takes us far back into history, to the year 1236, when it got its name from Princess Eleanor of Savoy, daughter of Beatrice of Savoy and Raymond Beranger, Count of Provence. The Princess of France became the bride of Henry 111. Where a famous hotel now stands once stood the palace of her brother, Peter of Savoy, and so magnificent was the residence that it was described as the “fayrest manoi- in England.” The descendants of the subjects of this English Queen now go in numbers to the lovely home on the shore of Lac Bourget whence she came. An English Queen, too, Queen Victoria, went often to her home, and there is another link between the two countries, for English bells ring out from a chapel of Aix-les-Bains, a gift to commemorate the coronation of George VI.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1938, Page 9
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