tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post44263218079664683..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Elizabeth II’s 90th Birthday by Janie HamptonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-12561929403173689852016-03-27T11:59:19.133+01:002016-03-27T11:59:19.133+01:00Lovely piece, Janie, and great illustrations too. ...Lovely piece, Janie, and great illustrations too. I am looking forward to reading Rationing and Revelry on my Kindle.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266380390166911009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-45360106452871397992016-03-27T02:53:16.141+01:002016-03-27T02:53:16.141+01:00When I was a child, my father used to bring home a...When I was a child, my father used to bring home all sorts of random things - classical records, children's magazines, a general children's encyclopaedia... and an ancient copy of Crawfie's book, The Little Princesses. I read it cover to cover, though I'm not a royalist and wasn't, even then. But the princesses had ponies! And dogs! And their playhouse was a mini-version of the real thing! And they could do little pantomimes at home. I enjoyed vicariously from my block of flats in Melbourne. :-)<br /><br />Sorry, but I doubt these poor little girls could ever have had a normal life, though they tried. Even if they were let out to play, there would surely have been a bodyguard or two discreetly hanging out in the background? Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com