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Show King George Democratic. "When he is out of the public eye King George often sacrifices appearance appear-ance for comfort indeed, while in conversation with him not long ago I noticed that one of the shoes he wore was adorned with a patch !" This is one of many intimate anecdotes of his long connection with the royal family told by Ernest Brooks, O. B. E., the accredited royal photographer, in the Strand magazine. Queen Mary's favorite portrait of Princess Mary reveals re-veals something of the king's tastes in regard to feminine fashions. When Mr. Brooks showed the king the first print, his majesty raised an objection to the width of the panniers on either side of the princess' frock and ordered or-dered him to have them taken out of? the negative. |