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Carlton House stood, from all I can learn, at the top of the Duke
of York's steps. Several engravings of its beautiful gardens are
still to be found. These gardens extended from the present Carlton
House Terrace to Pall Mall. Not only the Terrace, but the Carlton,
Reform, Travellers', Athenaeum, and United Service Clubs now stand
on their site. They were separated from Pall Mall by an open
colonnade, and the Corinthian pillars from the front of Carlton
House were re-erected in 1834 as the portico of the National
Gallery in Trafalgar Square.
As a child I had a wild adoration for Queen Alexandra (then, of
course, Princess of Wales), whom I thought the most beautiful
person I had ever seen in my life, and I dare say that I was not
far wrong. When I was taken to Marlborough House, I remembered and
treasured up every single word she said to me. I was not present
at the child's tea-party at Marlborough House given by the little
Princess, including his present Majesty, when SOME ONE (my loyalty
absolutely refuses to let me say who) suggested that as the woven
flowers on the carpet looked rather faded, it might be as well to
water them.
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