PRINCESS Elizabeth adores Mer ttle sister, and adopts a most protective air. towards her. When she was still very tiny and had not altogether grasped the importance of the deference due to the Queen in public, both Uttle girls were taken by" their ise Nanny, Mrs, Kaight, to" an ex:
jon to receive some gifts which had been made for them by. ex-Service men. It was being held. a private house, while the children were in the garden. shaking hands "with the men. the "Queen arrived and they were taken to the arowing-room to speak to hes the utmost grace "Princess VElizabeth made a perfect curtsey before kissing her grandmother, but Uttle Princess Margaret ran straight into her arms, her tiny, ower-like face held up for her kiss, Before the Queen had time to" respond, Princess Elizabeth lugged her sister back by her skirts, blushed crimson, and nudged the baby figure excitedly two or three times, Not realizing in the least what was happening, Princess Margaret looked fat her ina surprised way and tried to press forward again to reach her "Curtsey, Margaret," came an excited whisper from Elizabeth—"curtsey to Granny—you know you have to."
Princess Margaret's face was }study—a mixture of relief and muchlevous amusement. "Is that all?" she seemed to be thinking.
Then, catching her skirts in her chubby hands, she made a very creditable curtsey, and immediately afterwards flung her arms round the Queen's neck and gave her a resounding Kiss,
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