The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-20
WOMAN,S REALM=
Heiress to Britain's Throne, Now B, IsEager for Life of Royal 'Grown-up'
BY MILTON BRONNER (NEA Service Staff COrrespOndent)

(NEA oerVlce St2n COrreSpOnuentD
 London, April 20 - Amidst wars and threats of wars, the royalty -lov- ing English are taking time out for the contemplation of a pleasanter event-the entry of Princess Eliza beth Alexandra of York into the teen ages.
 Thirteen years old tomorrow, Apri! 21, the Heiress PreSumptive to the throne of Great Britain today IS much more of grown-up, demure young lady than that "Lilybet of distant years who tyrannized over her doting grandfather, the late King George V.
 Already Elizabeth is looking forward to two great events - her confirmation in the Church of England, probably about Easter 1942, and, perhaps, two years lat- CT, her formal coming out.
 1944 will thus be the biggest year of her life up to that point. She will no longer be adressed simply as Princess" She will be Your Royal Highness." And she loves the idea, for she has been conscious for long time of her regal destiny.
 She will go to great state ban- quets and even to state balls. She will begin to do her royal chores in the way of undertaking impor- tant engagements, just like her parents and uncles and aunts. She will have her own attendants. The income from the Civil List, grant, ed her by Parliament and amount ing to $30,00O per annum, will begin to be at her own disposal. So she will be taught to have her own tradesmen and her own ac- counts.
 All that, however, is some time off. In the meantime, she al- ready has privileges not accorded to her little sister, Margaret Rose.
 Where she studies is no longer called the nursery" It is now the "schoolroom Apart from the rooms she shares with her sister, Princess Elizabeth has sitting room of her own. For this she selects her own flowers, delivered to her from the royal gardens and hothouses.
 She still shares meals with her sister, but already she has another privilege not yet accorded to Margaret Rose. She acts as hostess in her own right.
 Almost every week she enter tains- some of her carefully chosen little friends to lunch or to tea parties. It is essential that she should learn the graces of enter taining. At such times it is al- ready her proud privilege to be allowed to consult with the chef at Buckingham Palace and select the menu.
 If reports be true, the Princess herself has a thoroughly robust and A carat English appetite She is said to like macaroni done up with tomato sauce, boiled rap- bit, liver and bacon, grilled lamb chops, the eternal British boiled mutton and caper sauce and the equally eternal British steamed buildings, such as marmalade pudding.
 Her studies are advancing rap idly. She had a chance re- gently to practice her French on President Lebrun of France and is said to have acquitted herself very nicely.
 Both the Princess and her sis ter love the old family home, Royal Lodge, at Windsor. There fore, nearly every weekend, re- gardless of whether their paren S come down there or not, the chil- dren drive down in their own car and with their own little staff.
 In view of her future duties, she has already become patron of a charity ,he Princess Eliza beth of York Hospital for Chil- dren.
 But there are still two instances where she is reminded that she is not so grown up after all-books and clothes. Queen Elizabeth keeps careful eye on the literature the little girl reads. The Queen also Is still "boss" when it comes to dress ing the heiress presumptive. She likes to have the two princesses dressed in the same color and the same material.