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DWARM WELCOME i to their

Royal Hlghnesses ' PRINCESS ELIZABETH .

and the DUKE OF ENNBURGH.

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Clarence House. the home of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. has none of that magnificence popularly associated with royalty. It is a comfortable. gracious home in which cheerful colours and freshness are expres- sive of good taste and youthful vit- ality. Most of the furniture came to the Royal couple as -edding presents from governments and people who hold them in loyal and affectionate regard throughout the Commonwealth. -

The Duke of Edinburgh's sitting room expresses simplicity and com- fort. The walls are lined with white Canadian maple and matching the wainscotting is a writing desk in the same wood - both were wed- ding presents. The settees and easy chairs are in natural hide match- ing the walls and desk. while the carpet. curtains and cushions are in a contrasting bottle green. Por- traits of his father and mother. Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece and his uncle. Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, hang above the fireplace. K

The library is painted white and has built-in bookcases. A modern Indian carpet covers the floor. A nautical note is struck by the nav- al subjects which are woven into the covers for the easy chairs and sofas and a painting of I-lM.S Vanguard (the ship which took the King and Queen to South Africa in 19-17) ploughing through a iiieavy sea in the Bay of Biscay iThe seats of the antique mahog- l-mv chairs have material covers In lied and gold. and on the chimney ;-niece is a Georgian table clock - with a red lacquer case. A revolv- ling reading table by Sheraton is in .ihe centre of the room.

Family Portraits

The dining room has walls of delicate aunie-green. At intervals ore portraits of the familv of Georsze Ill. These have been sirlo- ocd of their vilt frame: and have nlain white frames. The original scroiiworlr on the walls has been rctaincd and nicked out as relief in white. A portrait hangs in each canellcrl srroll. The contrast be- tween the delicate nnpie-"reen the rrliite relief and the rich colours

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oi the portraits makes this colour scheme one of the most charming in the house. The dining table is a beautifully polished example of late eighteenth century mahogany furniture: there are six ladder backed dining chairs around the table.

Apart from the portraits on the walls, this dining room might be thechoice of any well-to-do coup- lo of good taste.

The most charming room in Clarence House is Princess Eliza- beth's sitting room. It is 32 feet lcng by 19 feet wide and has the original fluted ceiling designed by John Nash. Two- high windows in the long wall and wide window opposite the door fill the room with light which is toned down by muslin curtains. These windows are flanked by patterned damask curtains which match the aqua- marine tint of the walls. A beauti- ful Chinese carpet in self-coloured wool with flowers in relief adds a lighter tone. An eighteenth cent- ury cut-glas chandelier with hang- ing festoons and cascades of drops provides the light. Above the pine- wood fireplace. carved in the days cl George II. is a Chippendale mir- ror in a carved gilt wood frame.

Adding to the effect of fresh- ness, the chairs and settec have brightly coloured chintz covers with bright flower effects and a background matching the aqua-

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By the fireplace are modern ra- dio and television sets. One of the remarkable features of the room is a four-fold screen mounted with needlework. It blends with the col- our scheme of the room and has medallions and borders in petit- point and backgrounds in gros- point, worked in wool, silk and sil- ver thread. In its' panels are de- picted Chinese scenes. birds. flow- ers and dragons. It was made by a famous tapestry company in Eng- land.

The drawing room is extremely attractive. It is formed from what was originally two rooms and still has the ceilings designed by John Nash.

At the suggestion of the Duke of Edinburgh. the colour schemes in the two parts of the room were reversed. In the larger part. the walls are ivory. with panels and mouldings of pale grey: in W9 smaller. the walls are pale grey and the panels and mouldings. ivory. The window draoes are tires! and gold brocatelle. The ceiling mouldings are picked out in delic- ate rzold gliding. with an avoidance of elaborate ornateness. Two Wat- erford glass chandeliers SW0 spark- lc to the ceilings.

old role and tints of pot-pourri. These beautiful carpets are the keynote of the drawing room col- our echerne and the mushroom pink upholstery of the chairs and sofa in the smaller room harmon- ise: with them as does the aqua- marine silk of the English Louis XV painted gilt chairs and settees in the larger.

- The corridors on both floors have mushroom-grey carpeting and cream wells. .

The Quiet Room

Another room. called by Their Royal Hlghnesses The Quiet Room. is in an entirely different motif from the. other rooms in Clarence House. It is used as a place of re- treat. , for private conversation. thought or study. The walls are lined with iarrah wood. an Aust- ralian hardwood reputed to be one of the most beautiful timbers in the British Commonwealth. It is furnished with a mahogany table of the mid-eighteenth century Der- iod for writing and comfortable chairs covered in floral chlntz.

A reception room for visitors is furnished in Hepplewhite style.

The nursery for Prince Charles and Princess Ann has plain white walls. The furniturc is simple; lit.- tie chairs and tables and a cup- board for toys. Pictures on i.'.ie wall are of scenes in the Common- wealth snd England.

Although the government's al- lowance did not permit of struc- tural alterations. the kitchen has been equipped in modern stvle. It has a gas stove. a gas heater. a steamer. boiler and electric pastrv oven. Above this equipment is a glass canopy to carry away heat and fumes. The walls are tiled in white porcelain and the windows have white muslin durtains to dif- fuse the light.

Clarence House gets its name from Prince William Henry. third son of George ill, who was creat- ed Duke of Clarence in 1790 and lived in apartments which were eventually remodelled into what is the older part of the present resi- dence.

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Historic records show Canada had a population of '79 whites and

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Simplicity, KeynoteofRoyal Coupleis Home

A Memento iii. iioyal Visit llere

A plot - memento og gm. visit to Charlottetown of King Edward VII, then Prince of Wales in the summer of 1860 is pm,d' daily by thousands of citizens H the north corner of Queen um Grafton streets (Hughes corner) It is in the form of In old can: no barrel. placed upright in the pa emeut.

Poliard's "History of Prince Ed. ward Island" records that on the removal of the ordnance from the Biockhouso in 1358, an lihpmmdc, gun was allowed to slip from its sling and roll over the bank of the fortress to the water's edge, where it remained for several years. Buy, in July, 1860. when all were prc. purlng for the reception of H1, Royal Highness. Mr. Theophilu-5 Desarisay had the gun brought ii, Charlottetown and placed in its present position. with the muzzle upwards. A stout flag-staff of considerable length was placed in the bore of the gun. from the summit of which the Union Jack was displayed during the u-mi, days of the Prince's sojourn iicrp.

Though the staff has been re. moved for many years. the gun re. mains erect. as a memento of the harbours fortifications. and A memorial to one of Charlottetowns most joyful occasions.

Elizabeth's Life in Brief

April zi. i92t'FBorn in London at the Bruton street home of her maternal grandfather. the Earl of Strathmore, eldest daughter of the then Duke and Duchess of York (King George Vi and Queen Elizabeth). Christened Elisabeth Alexandra Mary Wind- sor.

December 1o. 1938-Became Heiress

Presumptive to the British

Throne on the proclamation of

her father as King George Vi.

October 13. 1940-Made her first

public address on the radio.

speaking from Buckingham Pai- ace during the London Blitz to the children of the world.

February, 1942-Appointed Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, her first public post.

April 25, I912-Registered for National service at a. local branch of the Ministry of Labor dressed in the uniform of the Girl Guides.

Jccember. 1944-Elizabeth launch- ed her first ship, HMS Van- guard. Britain's latest and might- iest battleship.

Early in 1945-Joined the ATS and trained as a mechanic and Army truck driver. with honor- ary rank of second subaltern.

spring I941-Accompanied the King and Queen on their three-month tour or South Africa.

July 9. I947-Princess llinbethi engagement to Lleut. Philip

. Mountbatten, EN, was announc-

ed.

November 20. lIi'l-Married in Westminster Abbey to Philip Duke of Edinburgh. Earl of Merioneth and Baron Green- wich.

November 11. IN!--Gave birth to Prince Charles Philip Arthur George.

August 15. lam-Gave birth to Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice

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From East, West North and South of our Small Province we say

T0 mun ROYAL HIGHNESSES

May they have many Happy memories 0? ' their visit to-Canada. and may they eirer be conscious oi the Love and Devotion

"ot a Loyal People.

ALLISON MacLEOD

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