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Show A Royal Residence. The most attractive of the Dutch royal residences is Loo, where the young Queen of Holland was overtaken overta-ken by illness, which caused her subjects sub-jects such grave concern. It is a comfortable com-fortable though grand country heuse. The living rooms were delightfully arranged ar-ranged and furnished by the late king, who had excellent taste in such matters. mat-ters. At the end of one of the fine avenues which are the pride of the park, stands out the old castle, a rugged rug-ged feudal pile, built for a hunting lodge early in the sixteenth century. During the first republic in France, Loo, being regarded as a private palace pal-ace of the Prince of Orange, was confiscated con-fiscated and converted Into barracks. |