The Calls of Norfolk and Suffolk : their Paston connections and descendants . ss for the reception of any memberof the Imperial family who might require them. Only on one occasionis it recorded that Royalty appeared there. One day a couriersuddenly arrived with orders to have the Imperial suite of roomsready because one of the Grand Dukes intended to spend the nightthere. Every one rushed to offer a hand in preparing the candelabra, draperies and carpets, bedding and bedhangingswere quickly provided, silver plate and other utensils were supplied,and a sumptuous dinner prepared, whe
The Calls of Norfolk and Suffolk : their Paston connections and descendants . ss for the reception of any memberof the Imperial family who might require them. Only on one occasionis it recorded that Royalty appeared there. One day a couriersuddenly arrived with orders to have the Imperial suite of roomsready because one of the Grand Dukes intended to spend the nightthere. Every one rushed to offer a hand in preparing the candelabra, draperies and carpets, bedding and bedhangingswere quickly provided, silver plate and other utensils were supplied,and a sumptuous dinner prepared, when, to the disgust of and their employees, a Grand Duke arrived incognito witha person not of Royal blood and without any Imperial entourage. The public-spirited and beloved Empress Catherine next employedCharles Manners to lay out the grounds aroimd Torida Palace as apublic park known as the Torida Gardens. Tliis palace, under theCzar Nicholas ii., became the seat of the Duma or Russian House ofParhament. Alter the death of the Empress Catherine in 1796, the.
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