WINDSOR CASTLE NURSERY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 374, 1 July 1911, Page 6

WINDSOR CASTLE NURSERY.

SCHOOLROOM IN VICTORIA TOWER—WELL SITUATED FOR LIGHT AND AIR. The two suites of rooms at the top of Victoria Tower, Windso* Castle, are fitted up and ready for th< children of the King and Queen. There are a schoolroom',' 1 dining-room day and night nurseries, rooms foi governesses and attendants, bathrooms, and kitchen. The former are ■ beautiful apart tnentsj, and are immediately above the rooms of the King and Queen. The children's apartments are mag nificently situated for light and air. and they command most delightful views. When the sun is shining it throws sk flood of light into the nurseries.

Being at' s considerable altitude, these children's apartments catch thi health-giving air from Windsor Park, and there are no more beautifullj Bituated scooolrooms in the world. Everything about them is light and bright. There is nothing sombre, the walls being covered with very light papers. The schoolroom is fitted up with little tables and chairs, and the furniture is all in keeping. It much resembles a drawing-room, except that there ate aft kinds of children's books and school requisites. Here the Royal children—Prince John 1b the youngest, and he celebrated his fifth birthday a few days ago—will do their lessons and learn about the great Empire of which Windsor Castle is the centre. Immediately below the windows on one side Is the beautiful east terrace, with its. sunken garden and flowers, and a fountain playing in the centre, and statuary all round. On the/south side are the magnificent Long Walk and Windsor Park, and some of the grandest scenery in England.

There are nicely fitted up bathrooms, and close by is a special xitchenv which serves the children's needs. There will, be a staff of servants and attendants to look after the welfare of Princess Mary and the little Princes, tod there is nothing wanting- to make the rooms quite ideal apartments for children. The rooms, of course, are n3ver 3hown to visitors, and are kept quite private. The Queen of Spain an-i her brothers received their early sducation here, and Queen Victoria's :hildren had their nursery arid schoolroom in the same tower.—London "'Mail."