BUCKINGHAM PALACE
ATTAINS A CENTENARY This year mtirks the centenary of Buckingham Palace as it stands to-day. In 1825, George IV. decided to convert the. residence then known as Buckingham House inlo a palace. The King died before it was completed, and not until 1837—when Queen Victoria went to live there—was it occupied by a sovereign. William IV., it seems, had no liking for the new palace and preferred to live elsewhere. Improvements have been made from time to time, and during the reign of King Edward these were numerous and rather drastic. Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort entertained lavishly. In this respect the Queen showed her self the exact opposite of her grandmother, Queen Charlotte. At one lime the palaeo entrances and exits were guarded in a very slack manner. A boy named Jones claimed to have entered the private apartment and to have listened to a private conversation between the Queen and her husband. This prank on the part of “In-i-go Jones,” he was nick-named, resulted in the more stringent protection of all entrances.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19443, 31 October 1925, Page 17 (Supplement)
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177BUCKINGHAM PALACE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19443, 31 October 1925, Page 17 (Supplement)
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