BIRTH OF PRINCESS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 370, 13 September 1930, Page 7

BIRTH OF PRINCESS

EXPENSES INVOLVED FIRST OUTING AT GLAMIS LONDON, Sept. 2. When the Duchess of York set her heart on G.amis Castle as the birthplace of the new Princess it necessitated al] sorts of special arrangements and involved extra cost totalling over £5OOO.

For instance, the baptismal fee to be paid to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang, alone will be £5OO. Two other clergymen who will assist. iq performing that ceremony will receive £5O each. The usual fee of Sir Henry Simson, the Duchess’ physician, for a maternity case in London is 200 guineas. He received 20 guineas a day in Scotland. Mr Frank Reynolds, the surgeon in attendance, received 15 guineas a day. The direct telephone connection which was installed between Glamis Castle and the London house of the Duke and Duchess colt £lOO. The Registrar of Births received 100 guineas for his services.

The Glamis tenants and servants arc to give a gold cup as a baptismal gift. All the servants at the castle and, in addition, all the Duke’s servants, received special gratuities in celebration of the occasion. The babv Princess had her first glimpse of the outside world to-day. Whdn she was taken out in a luxurious perambulator, like a limousine, with (lark blue coachwork, silver fittings and shock-absorbing tyres. It had been intended to give the infant an airing earlier, but thunderstorms prevented it. To-day the weather was perfect. The Countess of Strathmore, mother of the Duchess of York, chose a sheltered sunny spot in the Italian garden, close to the castle wall, whore the noise of passing motors could not bo heard. A nurse wheeled the baby Princess to the spot. Princess Elizabeth delightedly assisting. The members of the castle staff wen, permitted to have first peep at the infant Princess.