THE
STRAND MAGAZINE
AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY
Vol. 5, Issue. 28.
April 1893
CONTENTS
From a Photo. by Bedford Lemere.
SANDRINGHAM.
The Prince of Wales at Sandringham.
[The Prince of Wales is, of course, precluded by his position fromgranting interviews like private persons, but His Royal Highnesshas been so good as to give us special permission to insert thefollowing extremely interesting article, which we are happy to beable to present to our readers in place of the IllustratedInterview for the present month. The next of the series ofIllustrated Interviews, by Mr. Harry How, will appear next month.Sir Robert Rawlinson, the celebrated engineer, whose work saved somany lives in the Crimea, has given Mr. How a most interestinginterview, with special illustrations.]
ar from the busy haunt of man" might be fitly applied to Sandringham;so quiet, and so secluded, is this favourite residence of the heir toEngland's throne and his beautiful and universally esteemed wife.
Not an ancient castle with tower and moat, not a show place such aswould charm a merchant prince, but beautiful in its simplicity andattractive in its homeliness; yet withal, clothed in the dignityinseparable from its owners and its associations; in short, a happyEnglish home, inhabited by a typical English family.
How often have w