| Description | Elizabeth wishes her father a happy birthday and provides a detailed description of a recent school visit to the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen's palace. Elizabeth remarks that the Duke's new wife, the actress Ellen Franz, was not allowed to sleep in the late Duchess's suite because she was not of 'high birth'. Elizabeth also comments on the 'beautiful pictures' at the palace, the soft sofas, chairs and pianos. She remarks on the forthcoming school holidays and adds that a clergyman was going to teach the girls about church history.
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