THE KING AND QUEEN OF GREECE
In a very interesting letter addressed to tho "Manchester Guardian," Mr. Thomas H. Mawson writes of the sympathy and liking for things English shown by the King and Queen of Greece. Mr. Mawson is a member of the -Town Planning Institute and lectures at Liverpool University on Landscape Design. His business in Athens, which brought him into close and constant contact with the Greek Royal Family, was a commission for the replanning of Athens. "Before my firm was entrusted,", he wrote, "witli the commission for the replanning of Athens, a scheme was prepared in great detail by a famous Berlin architect, who had been intro-' duced on tlie personal recommendation, of the Kaiser. Ho was so anxious that Germany should have tho great honour of redesigning the world's most famous city that the plans were presented free of charge excepting for out-of-pocket expenses. This scheme was i utterly condemned by the King and* Queen, who insisted on an English interpretation of the many problems which needed solving.
"During the progress of my plans I have on many occasions had occasion to submit sketches for their Majesties' criticism, which, .though given in a' manner entirely friendly, has always possessed the quality of frankness. If they met with their approval they would say, "Uiat is good and thoroughly English"; or if tliey disapproved, "That, is bad" or "Not English," and a pile of books would be brought from the library, all English, and for the most part dealing with tlie Georgian poriod, and we would fall to discussing the marvels of the English Renaissance, of wliieh both ' possess a wonderful knowledge. Let me give another instance.. In the summer of 1914 I was asked to arrange a. tour of notable English gardens. " On tho journey the Queen told me much of_ their early life in Eneland, and, with a-fervour which could not be mistaken, said, "England is home to me, and I-love it."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 5
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327THE KING AND QUEEN OF GREECE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 5
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