ENGLAND 



Sandringham 



TT 7HEN Edward, Prince of Wales, attained 

 his majority, the Prince Consort 

 purchased for him the Sandringham estate, 

 giving for it 200,000 which had accumulated 

 from the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall. 

 In 1863 the Prince brought his bride to visit 

 the estate, before beginning anything in the 

 way of alterations, in order that she might be 

 consulted. At that time the Manor House 

 was in ruins, and Wolferton did not exist. It 

 was April, and the country folk at King's Lynn 

 gave their Prince and Princess an unforgettable 

 reception. When the Princess saw the smiling 

 valley of Wolrerton, the Manor House rising 

 on the plateau at Sandringham, and the 

 immense panorama unfolding itself, stretching 

 to the north over Lincolnshire, the estuary of 



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