COMING ROYAL TOUR
THE DUCHBSS'S BOUDOIR. LONDON, November 9. "Ordinary bln© carpets may suit sailors, but they do not match my furniture/' said the Duchese of York, who isapplying her own ideas in . the after cabin 'of H.M.S. Renown, which she has selected as her boudoir. The walls have been painted ivory white, the carpets are mole-coloured, the curtains are of blue cretonne and the chair coverings of chintz. The ordinary naval furniture has been supplemented by ' settees, chairs, and tables from tlie Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The walls are decorated with photographs of the'baby daughter of the Duke and- Duchess and . the King and Queen, and friends. In the which will be the dining room, the furniture is unchanged. beyond the addition of -rug's. The officers' cabins will accommodate the suites Additions are- being built, andthree quick-firing guns have been' removed from owe cabin to the roofs in order to create a short promenade deck, on which the Duke and Ducheßs will receive visitors. Journalists travelling on the shin will be housed on the bridge. The Renown has been painted a pearlgrey, which in the sunlight turns to silver. . . . „
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12619, 2 December 1926, Page 3
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191COMING ROYAL TOUR New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12619, 2 December 1926, Page 3
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