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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  from 
  "Topical," 
  © 
  Central 
  Aerophoto 
  Co. 
  

  

  BUCKINGHAM 
  PALACE, 
  THE) 
  LONDON 
  RESIDENCE 
  OF 
  ENGLAND'S 
  KING 
  

  

  Beyond 
  the 
  palace 
  is 
  the 
  fine 
  Victoria 
  Memorial, 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  The 
  Mall. 
  To 
  the 
  

   right 
  is 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  St. 
  James's 
  Park, 
  with 
  Birdcage 
  Walk 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  right. 
  A 
  part 
  

   of 
  St. 
  James's 
  Palace 
  is 
  seen 
  at 
  the 
  left, 
  beyond 
  a 
  corner 
  of 
  Green 
  Park. 
  Grosvenor 
  Place 
  

   and 
  fashionable 
  Belgravia 
  are 
  directly 
  below 
  the 
  point 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  airplane 
  photograph 
  

   was 
  made. 
  

  

  came 
  a 
  priory 
  of 
  the 
  Augustinians, 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  Dissolution 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  

   of 
  Henry 
  VIII, 
  who 
  gave 
  it 
  to 
  his 
  di- 
  

   vorced 
  wife, 
  Anne 
  of 
  Cleves. 
  Her 
  mar- 
  

   riage 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  ironies 
  of 
  history. 
  

   Henry's 
  minister, 
  Cromwell, 
  arranged 
  it 
  

   for 
  his 
  own 
  ends, 
  assuring 
  Henry 
  that 
  the 
  

   lady's 
  looks 
  were 
  universally 
  admired. 
  

   The 
  King 
  later 
  described 
  her 
  as 
  "a 
  great 
  

   Flanders 
  mare," 
  and 
  the 
  difference 
  of 
  

   opinion 
  proved 
  fatal. 
  

  

  An 
  eye-witness 
  at 
  their 
  first 
  meeting 
  

   said 
  that 
  Henry 
  "was 
  marvelously 
  aston- 
  

   ished 
  and 
  abashed," 
  scarcely 
  spoke, 
  and 
  

   f 
  orgot 
  to 
  give 
  her 
  the 
  present 
  he 
  had 
  

   brought. 
  However, 
  he 
  married 
  her 
  ; 
  but 
  

   Cromwell 
  was 
  soon 
  disgraced 
  and 
  a 
  di- 
  

   vorce 
  was 
  arranged. 
  Later, 
  Bisham 
  

   served 
  as 
  a 
  prison 
  for 
  Queen 
  Elizabeth 
  

   during 
  the 
  stormy 
  days 
  of 
  her 
  sister 
  

   Mary, 
  and 
  it 
  finally 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  

   of 
  the 
  Vansittart 
  family, 
  who 
  still 
  own 
  it. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  church 
  close 
  by 
  lies 
  Warwick, 
  the 
  

   Kingmaker, 
  brought 
  hither 
  after 
  his 
  death 
  

   at 
  Barnet 
  in 
  1471 
  : 
  also 
  Salisbury, 
  who 
  

   did 
  good 
  service 
  at 
  Poitiers. 
  

  

  The 
  Thames 
  now 
  changes 
  its 
  character. 
  

   The 
  scenery 
  is 
  still 
  very 
  beautiful, 
  but 
  

   much 
  of 
  the 
  historic 
  interest 
  has 
  gone, 
  

   and 
  the 
  towns 
  are 
  now 
  pleasure 
  resorts 
  

   of 
  modern 
  growth 
  rather 
  than 
  romantic 
  

   or 
  interesting 
  reminders 
  of 
  the 
  past. 
  

  

  We 
  hurried 
  over 
  this 
  final 
  stage 
  of 
  our 
  

   voyage. 
  Instead 
  of 
  fields 
  and 
  open 
  park- 
  

   land, 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  lined 
  with 
  trim 
  lawns, 
  

   decked 
  with 
  flowers 
  and 
  smart 
  houses, 
  

   while 
  pleasure 
  craft 
  of 
  every 
  description, 
  

   from 
  steamboats 
  and 
  electric 
  launches 
  to 
  

   humble 
  canoes 
  and 
  punts, 
  are 
  more 
  than 
  

   plentiful. 
  

  

  Past 
  Mario 
  w 
  and 
  Bourne 
  End, 
  with 
  its 
  

   wide 
  sailing 
  reach, 
  we 
  paddled 
  quickly, 
  

   and 
  then 
  drifted 
  slowly 
  down 
  past 
  the 
  

   glorious 
  Cliveden 
  woods, 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  

  

  