In its earliest incarnations, Nursery World provided a fascinating glimpse into royal history, charting the birth of the Queen through to intricate details of the nursery play of royal children across the world.
‘I’ve had the good fortune to see Queen Mary on several occasions lately while she has been visiting homes and hospitals in which there are wee children, and it is amazing to see how the small folk “take to her”, as the nurses put it. They seem to know instinctively that she is inspired by a very real love of the weak and helpless. Certainly she is at her best and most gracious at these times.’ This extract, from 24 March 1926, about the Queen’s grandmother, is a fairly typical example of the glowing tones used to describe the monarchy in Nursery World in the early part of the century.
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