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Show Elizabeth's Life Strict, Gets No Pocket Money ' By HARRY L. PERCY LONDON, Dec. 10 (UP) The Princess Elizabeth may be Britain's Brit-ain's future queen, but she receives no pocket money. 1 If she wants a sixpense for the church plate the FINAL must ask her nurse. All purchases' are charged to ABTin v the Plce account. AS 1 When she ii 21 the government will give her IN SERIES an allowance of $30,000 but that is 10 years away. I J Now she must observe as strict' a school routine rou-tine as any other sixth grader. Only rarely has her mother permitted per-mitted some official function to Interfere with the daily time table. It is arranged with great care and takes in every minute from the time Elizabeth rises at 7:30 a. m. until the goes to bed at 7:30 p. m. Guided by women Although one day Elizabeth will have to rule a man's world, her life at present it guided entirely by women. wo-men. Five women, her mother, Queen Elizabeth; bar grandmother, Queen Mary; Lady Helen Glbbs; her nurss, "Aria" Knight, and her governess. gov-erness. Miss Joan Crawford, have helped mold her life. The princesses live on the third floor of Buckingham palace. Their very tidy. Sometimes before breakfast break-fast the prlnaesses accompany the king on a walk around the palace gardens with the dogs. 9 a. m Breakfast in the nursery. She drinks wsak tea or coffee, but eats no cereals. 1:30 a. m. The princesses descend to the breakfast room and greet their parents. This visit is ons of ths tresis of the day, aince If they have been good the princesses are allowed to take turns working the elevator. - 10 a. m. The princesses start their leaaons. Thay have the usual school curriculum for their ages. Elisabeth's lessons include Scripture, Scrip-ture, mythology, Latin, French, arithmetic, geometry, geography, literature and history. Parade In Coronets 1:16 p. m. Luncheon In the nursery. nurs-ery. Sometimes ths children don party frocks and join their parents for dessert In this way Elizabeth already knows a majority of British statesman. large nursery is furnished with a huge table, book shelves, toy cupboards cup-boards and a high fander in front of the fire. The walla are papered with nursery rhyme pictures. On either side of the nursery are the bedrooms. Another adjoining room serves as the schoolroom. French probsbly Is Elizabeth's best subject She loves to air her knowledge and usually addresses her parents in French. Day Begins at T:M A typical day In the Ufe of Elizabeth Eliza-beth follows: 7:30 a. m. Awakened promptly. Nurse supervises the bath, but Elizabeth dresses herself. She is 2 to 4 p. m. More lessons, t 4:15 p. m The princesses Join their parenta and family visitors in - the drawing room for tea. On one . such occasion, during rehearsal for . the coronation, the king and queen ! tried on crowns and ths princesses I their coronets. They paraded around the room until they collapsed in I chairs with laughter. I 5 p. m. to T p. m The prlncessss . spsnd their time with their mother I and in playing in the nursery. 1 P- m Dinner and to bed. |