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THE STRAND MAGAZINE.

White Lodge.

By Mary Spencer-Warren.


White Lodge, from the lawn.
From a Photo. by Gunn and Stuart, Richmond.
(Taken by special permission for The Strand Magazine)


A GREAT day of public rejoicing has come and gone; and more recent events have somewhat relegated to the background the varied anecdotes―true or imaginary―of the Royal bride and her home, her presents and her wedding.

Many may imagine that there is little left to say upon the subject; but when I remind you how much of what has been printed has been vaguely "stated on the best authority," or told by "someone who knew them well," and when I couple with this the statement that I had the special permission of H.R.H. the Duchess of Teck to describe and photograph the interior of White Lodge, I am not without hope of securing your interested attention.

White Lodge has many associations of interest even of our time, and, in going over it, one finds continually cropping up the fact of this or that room having been a favourite room of Her Majesty the Queen or of the Prince and Princess of Wales: and a more truly charming sylvan retreat, and place of absolute quiet rest, can scarcely be found. It is situated almost in the centre of one of the

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