THE BABY PRINCESS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1927, Page 4

THE BABY PRINCESS

A SI'NXY DISPOSITION. LONDON, July i. A Court correspondent ” writes in the “Sunday Times”:— Princess Elizabeth is now fourteen months old, and has already asked lor " mamma ” and " papa,” and has developed quite a determined mind of her own, for she reiterates, “ No, no no” with great persistence if she does not wish a thing lo he done. She means her Royal commands to he carried out, oven though she makes her decrees from her nursery high chair, or from the arms of her mine, Mrs

Knight. But little Princess Elizabeth does not walk yet. She crawls niisclievinusly, and wears delicious little knickerbockers of flowered print over her dainty white muslin frocks. So the Duchess of York will have one stage in her bay’s career to watch herself, that of her first steps—its first toddle on wandering feet across the nursery floor.

Princess Elizabeth, however, has in herited the intelligence and charm o her mother, for already she takes ai enthusiastic interest in the sight of : stranger. And she loses no time ii endeavouring to make friends with von. Shyness is not one of her ladings. She wii'l gurgle with a delighted welcome, which is more expressive than words could ever ho. Should von he of her own sex, and should you he wearing a string of pearls or beads, she will grab them playfully and delight in lingering them. But she doesn't covet them herself, for round her own little neck she wears a tiny string of coral's and seed pearls, which she has worn ever since her mother fastened them round her neck. The little necklace belonged to the Duchess as a child. The baby has inherited the sunniest of dispositions, as well as that bewitching and lovely smile- which lias gladdened the hearts nl tramps and potentates, queens and shopgirls, bushmen and governors right across the world. Since the departure of the Duke and Duchess, the baby lias not had a. moment’s indisposition. She is the healthiest baby in England. She has, nl course, grown, and now weighs about ‘24 pounds, which is a big Increase in weight since her mother last saw her.