

GARDKNS 



FROGMORE 



WINDSOR 



INCH the thru- when 

 William the Conqueror 

 laid the foundation of 

 Windsor Castle each English Sovereign in succession has 

 added to it an expression of his or her individuality, and th.it 

 of the longest lived of them all lingers there still. We 

 scarcely know what great and inspiring memories may not he 

 evoked by the prosrvct of these enchanting scenes. Here the 

 long line of our Sovereig is has lived. Hither have come the 

 Ministers of State, the great soldiers and seamen, hen*-. <>l 

 e\ery sort, the highest personages in -ur literary and art 

 nnnals. How many grea: men have looked upon these 

 historic scenes, which many are now privileged to survey ! 

 Frogmore especially represents thr tastes and character of 

 en Victoria, just as Sandringham. the place which has 



so to speak, grown up under his 

 ownership, represents those of King 

 l-.dward VII., while Windsor is the 

 g-eat i-xemplar ot Ro\ al taste and kingly majesty. Ah 

 the places are being ch.inged and modified. Throughout her 

 whole life, hut especially towards the end, Queen Vkturia had 

 the affection of a -trong nature for what was old and ende.it. .1 

 by long association, so that she \\.is averse t . the removal ot 

 ancient landmaiks. And \\hat .1 great deal Windsor and 

 Frogmore must have been to her! Here was let -t.itely 

 and historic home during lite, and tor long years ,,t 

 widowhood she Contemplated sleeping in death side by 

 side with her beloved husband under the maus >leurn she 

 had erected to his memory at Fro. more. Set there 

 in stillness, amid sombre green trees, it suggests d...:he's 



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