BUCKINGHAM PALACE, LONDON 



vated, and altered to the design of Sir Aston 

 Webb, under the personal direction of the 

 present King and Queen. This has also been 

 the case with the redecoration of the Picture 

 Gallery, as well with her Majesty's own rooms. 

 Stirring scenes have been witnessed in our own 

 days outside the Palace, which is fast becoming 

 associated with the Sailor King who is guiding 

 the Ship of State with steady hand through the 

 stormiest waters she has ever encountered. Here 

 in the breezy, open Palace gardens, tree-shaded 

 and bright with flowers, we see the rooms conse- 

 crated to our King and Queen, the young Princes, 

 and their sister, Princess Mary. Brought up 

 in English surroundings, amid the best Eng- 

 lish traditions, enjoying a pure home life, and 

 fond of healthy out-of-door pursuits, joining 

 with their royal parents in the encouragement 

 of every good work, and the personal cheering 

 of many a sorrowful heart (in this the King 

 himself and our Queen set a noble example), they 

 may look forward with confidence to a bright 

 future, and their subjects to a continuance of 

 support from the throne of the higher ideals of 

 our Empire, already drawn closer together by 



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